PT JIEP Provides Free Supplementary Food for Toddlers
Reported by Aldi Geri Lumban Tobing | Translated by Maria Inggita
PT Jakarta Industrial Estate Pulogadung (PT JIEP) participates in realizing the Government's Asta Cita in developing human resources and public health by improving toddlers' nutrition in Jatinegara and Rawaterate Urban Villages.
"In order to support human resources development and health improvement,"
This effort was realized through Social and Environmental Responsibilities (TJSL) in the Joint Intervention to Overcome and Prevent Malnutrition (INISIASI) program. Collaborating with Cakung Health Center, this action focuses on improving toddlers' nutrition with Supplementary Feeding (PMT) for toddlers with nutritional problems.
PT JIEP Corporate Secretary and TJSL, Medik Endra Wahyudi stated, this action is a form of PT JIEP's support for the Government's Asta Cita program and its commitment to implementing TJSL program.
50 Residents Enjoy Free Health Checks at Kramatjati Health Center"In order to support human resources development and health improvement, toddlers with nutritional problems are intervened every day and their health is monitored," he conveyed, Friday (2/14).
Toddlers' health, he added, is improved by giving supplementary feeding (PMT), formula milk, UHT milk, vitamins, and zinc supplements for toddlers with nutritional problems every day during the intervention period according to nutritionist recommendations.
He explained, toddlers' health development is also monitored by measuring their weight and height at Cakung Health Center's Captasi (stands for Cakung Care Against Nutrition Problems) Nutrition post which carried out routinely once a week.
"In order to develop human resources, this effort is supported by increasing mother's knowledge through Mama Hebat (stands for skillful in cooking the right food for toddlers) socialization program supported by Cakung Health Center," he said.
This Mama Hebat socialization program targets toddlers' mothers, pregnant women, and women of childbearing age, by teaching them how to cook healthy and nutritionally balanced food, manage toddler tantrums, and adopt a clean and healthy lifestyle to support healthy toddlers, which is carried out weekly.
The health of toddlers with nutritional problems should be monitored during intervention period and produced satisfactory results by increasing body weight and height.
"I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation for the contributions from Cakung Sub-agency Health Center, Jatinegara Urban Village Health Center, Rawaterate Urban Village Health Center, PKK cadres, and all related parties who support this program," he closed.