TO REDUCE STUNTING RATES, 48 CHILDREN IN CISAAT SUKABUMI GIVEN SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR 3 MONTHS
In order to reduce stunting rates in Sukabumi Regency, 48 children in Cisaat District were given multivitamin supplements for three full months. The provision of supplements was initiated by Forum Komunikasi Orang Sukabumi (Fokus) and Imedco in collaboration with local governments such as Sekarwangi Hospital, Pemcam and Cisaat Health Center which was carried out in the yard of the Nagrak Village Office, Thursday (26/9/2024).
Audrey Clarissa , as a pharmacist and managing director of PT Imedco Jaya, said that with the many cases of stunting in Cisaat District, her party is also trying to help the local government to reduce the number of stunting by providing supplements to children. "Well, we want to provide this supplementation to ensure that the children here can grow tall so that they can overcome stunting," said Audry to sukabumiupdate.com .
"And also their intelligence increases, so our main target is for the child to grow tall, healthy and also have a better IQ," Audrey added. In this case, he admitted that he had designed the supplement in such a way with more than 20 vitamin and mineral items that can help children's growth.
"We want to provide this routinely in the next three months and then we will evaluate the results. We hope there are significant results that we can then use for sustainability so that there are more children we can help," he explained.
Head of the Cisaat District Health Center (Kapus), dr. Yosep Sasmita said that Cisaat District is the District with the second highest stunting rate in Sukabumi Regency with a prevalence rate of 16 percent. "In Cisaat District, the stunting rate is indeed quite high, reaching 16 percent, for a number of around 500 children," said Yosep.
The provision of supplements to 48 children was called one of the efforts to reduce stunting rates in Cisaat District.
"Yes, because one way to reduce stunting is by providing supplements, with this donation it can help us and hopefully it can accelerate the reduction of stunting in Cisaat District," he explained.
Yosep said that his party has a target in the next year to reduce the stunting rate in Cisaat District to 13 percent from 16 percent.
"We want stunting in our area to be at least below the national figure (14 percent), hopefully we can quickly reduce stunting cases below the national stunting rate with a minimum percentage of 13 percent this year," he said.
The Head of the Activity Implementation, Meilina Sukmarini, said that the 48 children who were given the supplements would be accompanied routinely for the next three months. "There are 48 children today that we are providing treatment for the next three months, morning and evening. God willing, if this is successful, we will carry out similar activities in Sukabumi City and in other areas of Sukabumi where stunting rates are still high," he concluded.
source: https://www.sukabumiupdate.com/