Kupastuntas.co, West Lampung - The West Lampung Regency Government (Lambar) through the Regional Planning and Development Agency (Bappeda) noted that as many as 1,058 toddlers were stunted.

Head of Bappeda of Lambar Regency, Agustanto Basmar said that as many as 1,058 toddlers experienced stunting spread across a number of villages (village) in 15 sub-districts. He hopes that there will be community participation to reduce stunting rates.

"The problem of stunting cannot be solved instantly, there needs to be a strategic program for prevention involving local governments, related agencies and all levels of society," said Agustanto, Thursday (27/7).

He said one of the obstacles in suppressing the stunting rate was the area of West Lampung which has 131 villages and 5 sub-districts.

According to Agus, parents have an important role in preventing stunting. So that parents must receive special attention in order to overcome stunting.

"What needs to be known about stunting is not only about the unbalanced height and age of toddlers. But it is more about the development of toddler intelligence. So this is not just an individual problem but all levels of society," he said.

Agustanto explained, the Lambar Regency Government had prepared a budget of Rp. 15 billion for stunting handling which was allocated to a number of OPD (Regional Apparatus Organizations).

In detail, the Health Service is Rp. 11 billion more, the Bappeda is Rp. 21 million, the Fisheries Service is Rp. 174 million, the Food Security Service is Rp. 122 million, the Plantation and Livestock Service is Rp. 383 million, and the P2KBP3A Service is Rp. 160 million.

Furthermore, the Environmental Service received more than Rp. 1.7 billion, the Community and Pekon Empowerment Service Rp. 92 million more, the PUPR Service Rp. 750 million and the Social Service Rp. 527 million more.

Member of Commission II DPRD Lambar Regency, Heri Gunawan, encouraged the West Lampung Regency Government to continue to improve the program for handling and preventing stunting at Bumi Beguai Jejama Sai Betik.

"Related agencies such as the Health Service and P2KBP3A already have a stunting alleviation program in the 2023 APBD, and for 2024 we will push it from the start in the KUA-PPAS discussion. We will first look at the actual data, and the criteria for stunting people to be allocated in the 2024 APBD," he explained. (*)

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