JAKARTA (7 June 2021) - The Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) continues to be committed to preventing stunting in Indonesia. One of the efforts made by the Ministry of Social Affairs is to provide food assistance in the form of special rice that has been fortified or given additional micronutrients in the hope of meeting the nutrition of the residents.

In addition to fulfilling nutrition, the Ministry of Social Affairs through the Agency for Education, Research and Social Extension will increase the capacity of PKH companion human resources by adding a stunting module in education and training.

Today, the Head of BP3S, Syahabuddin, opened an online, Stunting Prevention and Handling Training for Social Welfare Human Resources for the 2021 Synchronous Session at the Kalimantan Social Welfare Research Education Center. Monday (7/621)

In his remarks, the Head of BP3S hoped that PKH facilitators would be able to become ambassadors for change.

"I hope this brother will become a social ambassador, an ambassador for prevention and handling of stunting with a social welfare perspective, of course." Said the head of BP3S

According to him, PKH facilitators can partner with anyone in the field, to enrich the treasures and strengthening the prevention and handling of stunting in the community, especially for PKH KPM.

Previously, President Joko Widodo assigned Social Minister Tri Rismaharini to deal with the stunting problem in East Nusa Tenggara and four other provinces.

Stunting or often called stunted or short is a condition of failure to thrive in children under five years old (toddlers) due to chronic malnutrition and repeated infections, especially in the first 1,000 days of life (HPK), from fetus to child aged 23 months. According to research results from the 2016 Global Nutrition Report, the prevalence of stunting in Indonesia is ranked 108 out of 132 countries