Smart Posyandu Makes Monitoring Children's Growth and Development More Optimal
Reported by Fakhrizal Fakhri | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
Jakarta City Council Commission E Chairman, Muhammad Thamrin, supports the Smart Posyandu program, which is an initiative for digitalization in public services.
It is very effective in making quick and accurate recordings
According to him, Smart Posyandu is a form of digital service transformation currently being implemented by the Jakarta Government.
"Along with the trend of digital transformation, one aspect is related to the recording of baby medical records. We support this program as it is very effective in making quick and accurate recordings," he expressed, Monday (5/5).
Rano Launches Smart Posyandu at Rakerkesda 2025By doing so, the monitoring of children's growth and development could be done more optimally, thus cases of stunting in Jakarta could be prevented early on.
Further, he emphasized the importance of the readiness of Human Resources (HR) from the Jakarta Health Agency (Dinkes) to provide comprehensive training to all Posyandu cadres.
"The system used must be integrated with the existing systems in hospitals, community health centers, BPJS Kesehatan, and Satusehat program from the Ministry of Health," he explained.
He urged the Dinkes to prepare a digitalization system that supports the role of Posyandu cadres in serving the community.
As information, Smart Posyandu is a digital service program at posyandu supported by an application called JakAntro. This program transforms the weighing and data recording process for infants from a manual method to a digital one.
The scale used is completed with Bluetooth technology, allowing data to be directly connected to the application owned by the Ministry of Health.
