City Holds Convergence Work Assessment to Reduce Stunting Reduction
Reported by Folmer | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
The Jakarta Provincial Government held an assessment of city and district performance on eight convergence actions to accelerate stunting reduction in Jakarta in 2023.
In the context of accelerating the reduction of stunting
The assessment activities will be held online through the zoom meeting application from July 5 to 7.
Jakarta Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda)'s People's Welfare Division Head, R Dewi Satiasari S expressed the assessment of city and district performance on eight convergence actions to accelerate stunting reduction was carried out instead of judging it like a competition.
East Jakarta Commits to Reducing Stunting Toddler Rates"But, actually, how do you see what has been done by the Jakarta Government at the city and district levels in the context of accelerating the reduction of stunting," he expressed, Thursday (7/6).
He explained the Seribu Islands mayors and district heads along with their staff described their entire experience in carrying out eight convergence actions to accelerate stunting reduction.
"So, in this meeting, we will look at sharing experiences in each region in carrying out eight convergence actions to accelerate stunting reduction. Those that are good can be replicated and those that are not good will be corrected," he explained.
On the second day of the assessment, the assessment team listened to presentations from three regions, namely West Jakarta, South Jakarta, and East Jakarta. While on the first day, presentations from Central and North Jakarta.
"And tomorrow, the presentation of the program from Seribu Islands and the final results will be known," he explained.
He went on to say that the assessment team was from various SKPDs including Health Agency, Social Agency, PPAPP Agency, and Home Ministry stunting reduction acceleration assessment team.
The Jakarta Government has an achievement target of around 12 percent more in 2026. Whereas, in 2022, it has reached 14.8 percent and the national level is still 16 percent.
"Jakarta Government is not complacent and continues to work to reduce the stunting rate which has been intensified in Jakarta since 2019, thus it reaches the target nationally," he stated.
