By: Fuad *)
Borneo or Kalimantan is big island with has rich nature source. Long river, large forest and nature source, this is not guarantee for fulfill nutrient for people who live inside Borneo island.
11 big rivers and not less than 33 small rivers become icon and characteristic of Central Kalimantan Province. Barito River with length about 900 km and depth 8 m is the longest river, it can row till 700 km. This is prove of potential in fish sector, include nature source inside (BPJS data of Central Kalimantan).
Based on nature source condition, we need to think a lot and fix some problem in manage the nature source. This is one of asset and saving for Indonesia to increase prosperity in people, such as health, education and economic.
But, according to research of Riskesda 2013, in Kalimantan has two provinces which stand on 10 biggest on Stunting category in 2013. They are South Kalimantan (44,2%) in the fifth and central Kalimantan (41,3%) in the tenth ranking.
Most of people do not know about stunting. They were strange to stunting term. Like in Posyandu Kaca Piring in Kelurahan Panarung, Pahandut district of Palangka Raya city, central kaliman, when they are asked about this question. Did you know about stunting? They only answer, “I don’t know, what is stunting about? We only know bad nutrient, I always come to posyandu, I ask to nutrient information officer when weight of my children was not appropriate to his age,” said Sandy Mulyana who came to Posyandu, Sunday (15/2).
Stunting is problem that concern to less nutrients chronic. It was because less nutrient in long time, they eat food which does not appropriate to nutrient needing. Stunting happened when fetus in uterus. Then stunting will appear on age 2 years. Less nutrient increase the number of baby death and children, it is also affect sufferer easy to sick and has a not maximal posture, less on cognitive ability, then all these consequence make long disadvantage economic for Indonesia (Mca-Indonesia).
Ditemui dihari yang sama ketika melakukan peninjauan diPosyandu Kaca Piring. Menurut Iing Mursalin, Spesialis Project Management MCA -Indonesia “Hal yang ditakutan dari penderita stunting adalah volume otak yang berbeda dengan anak lainnya yang mempengaruhi kecerdasan, karena begitu otak tidak bekerja optimal, kemampuan kognitif tidak optimal menjadi tidak pintar, tidak bisa bersaing, produktifitaspun rendah”.
According to Iing Mursalin, Spesialis Project Management MCA –Indonesia, said that the worst thing from stunting sufferer is brain volume which different to another children. It influence to intelligence, “because brain can’t work optimal, cognitive ability not optimal then they become not clever, can’t be compete then low productivity,” said Iing Mursalin.
Lack of education about stunting in the people makes them does not worry about consequence of stunting. “We were very concern to stunting matter and seek the problem solving, how to solve it,” said Rasini soejangi, chief of Posyandu Kaca Piring.
Much people do not realize about consequence of stunting? Lack of knowledge about stunting, healthy life, food and sanitation, these are factor caused stunting.
Sanitation factor and environment cleanness affect to mother’s pregnancy health and growing of child under 2 years, it was because they easy to get infection and disease. “House is called health must included, has clean WC, fresh and clean water, place for waste water, rubbish and manage the rubbish. Clean water must free from bacteria. It was because dirty water can produce diarrhea or stomachache. The distance of WC and tank minimal 10 m, it was because bacteria can pass to clean water, then make diarrhea,” said Yeti Purwanti, healt informan of Posyandu Kaca Piring when saw one of sanitation in the people’s house.
The problem of stunting, not only about nutrient but also social matter, such as food, economic, education, environment and etc, these matters need solving. Chief of Health official of central Kalimantan, dr Suprastija Budi, explained that stunting depend on bring up, eating habit. “Food stock in Palangka Raya such as side dish is rich and vegetable like kankung and Paku growth in everywhere. Time and portion of eating need big attention, fish in here is much but eating fish regulation is difficult,” said Him.
He explained that Department of health (Dinkes) of Central Kalimantan Province make cooperation to Ministry of health (Kemenkes) to increase the number of stunting till 15% in 2015. Dinkes of Central Kalimantan Province has a job to inform, train and monitor. The program has run that is include monitoring children growing, give food to children under five, inform about mother’s milk, giving extra food for mother’s pregnancy which less protein and high nutrient.
“Another sector also needs to make, such as Education Department relate to education on people and people behavior, department of food maintenance relate to food providing, and also to all public figure. In all, it backs to bring up, eating style and behavior to healthy life if will decrease the number of stunting,” said Hi
*) Author Is Kalimantan Regional Contributors