Collaborating With IDI, Bantul Regency Government Boosts Stunting Management

Weighing babies to prevent stunting (ANTARA)

BANTUL - Bantul Regency Government, Yogyakarta Special Region cooperates with the local Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) to tackle stunting in children in Selopamioro Village, one of the areas with the highest number of cases. "The district appreciation to IDI DI Yogyakarta is focused on providing assistance in stunting prevention in Selopamioro, Imogiri. In Bantul, the highest stunting cases are in Selopamioro Village," said Secretary of the Bantul Service Agus Tri Widyantara quoted by ANTARA, Sunday 5 March. According to him, the number of stunting cases in Selopamioro Village, Imogiri as many as 151 children. Based on data from the results of the Indonesian Nutrition Status Survey (SSGI) in 2022, the stunting numbers throughout Bantul Regency are still around 12 percent. "So, with IDI acting in Selopamioro Village, it shows collaboration from various parties to be able together to reduce the stunting numbers in Bantul," he said. He said. He said various efforts will continue to be carried out with relevant stakeholders, professional organizations that exist in Bantul, even recently together with the Police also carried out stunting handling efforts in Selopamioro. "So, we will try to deal with stunting more massively, even higher compared to other sub-districts. From this analysis, we hope that there will be no more stunting later in Bantul," he said. Furthermore, the local government will also analyze why in Selopamioro Village the stunting rate is quite high, whether from the eating pattern or behavior, or from the genetic side that affects stunting (growing failure). "We will do analyticalize, we will find a formula of roughly what the causes in Selopamioro are quite high, even the highest compared to other urban villages. From the analysis, we hope that it will be the material for handling finding solutions like what," he said.

He said that the handling of stunting will also focus on toddlers who are stunted by providing adequate nutrition, with the hope that toddlers will change from stunting to better nutrition, height can increase, so stunting cases can be reduced. "With this nutrition intervention, we hope that later stunting toddlers can be better, so height can rise. Of course we have a target, we will gradually reduce it again. In 2025, we hope that the stunting rate in Bantul will be around six percent," he said.