Surakarta Faces 1,050 Stunting Cases, Mayor Gibran: That's My PR

Health workers measure the height of the toddler body to check stunting at Posyandu Mekar Sari, Batang, Central Java. (Between-Harviyan P P P)

JATENG - The Surakarta City Government is targeting a reduction in stunting rates this year. "We are committed to zero stunting," said Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka in Solo, Central Java (Central Java), Wednesday, May 31, which was confiscated by Antara. The Surakarta City Government noted that until now the number of stunting cases has reached 1,050 cases. He said that the number of cases is not an easy matter. "Many challenges, it is not easy but we will pursue," he said. Some of the efforts that will be made by the Surakarta City Government, among others, ask people not to get married too early. "What is clear is that we have socialized young people, don't get married too early, our pregnant women are accompanied, our children are accompanied, it has also been mapped," he said.

In addition to stunting, he said, what is also the homework of the government is to minimize children dropping out of school. "Next year we are all chasing, because the poverty rate has dropped, the stunting rate will also decrease. Later, my homework, 1,050 stunting, yes," he said. Previously, the Surakarta City Women's Empowerment Service, Child Protection, Population Control, and Family Planning (DP3APPKB) said that until May 2023 the application for early marriage dispensation had reached 29 cases. The average number of people who applied for marriage dispensations in the SD education range is 6 people, SMP 10 people, and SMA 13 people with a age range of 13-18 years.