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    "data": {
        "id": 1711649,
        "msgid": "serang-city-government-partners-with-swiluva-to-achieve-family-health-resilience-1777568008",
        "date": "2026-04-30 23:30:22",
        "title": "Serang City Government Partners with Swiluva to Achieve Family Health Resilience",
        "author": "Erik Purnama Putra",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Serang City Government in Banten has launched the \"Probiotic City: Healthy Gut, Healthy City\" programme in collaboration with BioMom initiator Swiluva Sigalovada to promote family health resilience through self-made probiotic drinks. Mayor Budi Rustandi highlighted the initiative as a strategic step to build community health independence, starting with intensive training for 2,000 housewives in Taktakan sub-district until 20 May 2026. Swiluva, a high school student specialising in microbiology, emphasised the importance of gut health, with 80% of the human immune system located in the digestive tract, promoting water kefir as an affordable way to foster healthy habits at home.",
        "content": "<p>Serang City Government, Banten, together with BioMom initiative\nfounder Swiluva Sigalovada, has launched the \u201cProbiotic City: Healthy\nGut, Healthy City\u201d programme to realise healthy families. \u201cThis\nprogramme is a strategic step by the local government to achieve family\nhealth resilience starting from the smallest scope,\u201d said Serang Mayor\nBudi Rustandi in a press release in Jakarta on Thursday (30\/4\/2026). He\nstated that the collaboration with the innovative teenager is part of\nefforts to create a resilient and productive society. Through education\non making independent probiotic drinks, Budi hopes that family immunity\ncan be optimally maintained. \u201cThis is a concrete step to realise healthy\nfamilies. By making their own health drinks at home, residents not only\nmaintain fitness but also help the government in building community\nhealth independence,\u201d said Budi. Budi added that in the initial stage,\n2,000 housewives in Taktakan sub-district will receive intensive\ntraining until 20 May 2026. The mothers are positioned as the frontline\nin maintaining healthy nutritional intake for their family members.\nMeanwhile, Swiluva Sigalovada, an 11th-grade student at Tzu Chi School\nwho studies microbiology in the United States, explained that the BioMom\ninitiative arose from the awareness that around 80% of the human immune\nsystem is in the digestive tract. She stated that a healthy gut is the\nfoundation of a healthy family. \u201cWe want to popularise water kefir as a\npractical and affordable alternative to maintain digestive health. The\ngoal is for this healthy lifestyle to become a routine habit at home,\u201d\nshe said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/serang-city-government-partners-with-swiluva-to-achieve-family-health-resilience-1777568008",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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