Rantau, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - The government of Tapin District, South Kalimantan, received an award handed over by Vice President Ma'aruf Amin in Jakarta, Friday (Oct 6, 2023), for successfully reducing stunting rate, .
Acting Tapin Regent Syarifuddin said the award from the Ministry of Health increased the enthusiasm of the local government in effort to reduce stunting. "Moreover, this award was handed over by Vice President of Indonesia," he said after returning from Jakarta here, Monday.
Syarifuddin said the award was obtained for Tapin's achievements in reducing stunting rate significantly by 19 percent throughout 2022.
"Providing nutritional intake was quite effective in reducing stunting cases in Tapin, from 33.5 percent in2022 down to 14.5 percent in 2023," he said.
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One of Tapin's leading programs to bring down stunting prevalence is by providing additional food to each village or urban village that is the focus location.
"We continue to provide additional food to pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, toddlers, and children who have symptoms and risk of stunting," he said.
The Tapin government continues to encourage this success to lower stunting rate to a minimum from year to year. This can be seen from the 2023 budget allocation for stunting of IDR60 billion.
Regency Regional Secretary of Tapin Sufiansyah added that the large budget was intended so that the stunting rate will meet the national target.
"We are targeting by 2024 stunting cases in Tapin will be under 10 percent, and to achieve that we need the support of all parties," he said.
Sufiansyah said that currently the handling of stunting case in Tapin through each program from regional apparatus organizations is quite optimal but still need to be improved.
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