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        "msgid": "1-000-children-in-mataram-still-suffering-from-stunting-1781182457",
        "date": "2026-06-11 18:57:31",
        "title": "1,000 Children in Mataram Still Suffering from Stunting",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_BALI",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Approximately 1,000 children in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, remain affected by stunting, representing 5.3 per cent of the city's child population. The local health authority is now intensifying interventions for children over the age of three, where progress has been slower. The city aims to reduce its stunting prevalence to below 5 per cent this year through free ultrasound services and nutritional supplements.",
        "content": "<p>As many as 1,000 children in Mataram City are still experiencing\nstunting. This figure is equivalent to 5.3 per cent of the total number\nof children in the region this year. To reduce this figure, the Mataram\nCity Health Office (Dinkes) is now focusing interventions on children\nover the age of three, whose treatment is considered to be progressing\nslowly. \u201cWe previously dropped significantly because we pushed hard on\nchildren aged 6 months to 2 years. Now the position has started to\ndecline significantly,\u201d said the Head of the Mataram Health Office,\nEmirald Isfihan, on Thursday (11\/6\/2026). Emirald explained that\nstunting treatment is no longer solely focused on early childhood\ntoddlers but is beginning to be directed at children over the age of 3.\nThis age group is said to require more attention because the progress of\ntreatment tends to be slower compared to younger age groups. \u201cNow our\nintervention is for cases over 3 years old. This intervention is indeed\nsomewhat slow. We must continue to maximise it,\u201d he stressed. He added\nthat overall, stunting cases reaching 5.3 per cent, or around 1,000\nchildren, are still dominated by the toddler age group. Treatment\ncontinues because the risk range for stunting covers children from birth\nto the age of five. \u201cIt\u2019s still at the figure of 1,000, we continue to\nintervene. Obviously, because stunting covers newborns up to 5 years\nold,\u201d he said. Emirald emphasised that his party is targeting a\nreduction in the stunting rate in Mataram City to below 5 per cent this\nyear. \u201cIn principle, we continue to strive to reduce the stunting rate.\nThis year we are targeting it to be below 5 per cent. We will keep\npursuing it,\u201d he continued. To reduce stunting, the Mataram Health\nOffice is expanding health services for pregnant women through free\nultrasound (USG) examinations available at 11 community health centres\nin Mataram City. This step is taken to reduce risk factors from\npregnancy. In addition, the Health Office is also intensifying the\nprovision of special supplements for children experiencing stunting.\nThis effort is expected to accelerate the decline in prevalence to below\n5 per cent. Previously, based on nutritional reports on the Ministry of\nHealth\u2019s Sigizikesga application for 2026, Mataram City was recorded as\nthe area with the lowest stunting prevalence in West Nusa Tenggara\n(NTB), at 6.57 per cent. Below Mataram is West Sumbawa at 7.1 per cent,\nWest Lombok at 9.58 per cent, Bima City at 9.49 per cent, Central Lombok\nat 9.99 per cent, Sumbawa at 10.70 per cent, Dompu at 12.61 per cent,\nBima at 12.22 per cent, North Lombok at 14.18 per cent, and East Lombok\nat 22.39 per cent.<\/p>",
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