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Students from the Faculty of Islamic Religion and Teacher Education (FAIPG) Juanda University (UNIDA) who are members of the Thematic Real Work Lecture (KKN-T) group participated in the success of the weigh-in month at the Mawar Integrated Service Post (Posyandu) in Cileungsi Village, Ciawi District, Bogor Regency on August 8 2023. This activity was carried out by Mawar Posyandu Cadres and the FAIPG UNIDA KKN-T Team and was attended by residents of Cileungsi Village, especially residents of Loji Village.
Posyandu itself is one of the Community Based Health Efforts (UBKM) activities which is managed and also organized by, by, with and for the community. The implementation of posyandu is to support health in order to empower the community and make it easier for the community to obtain basic health services.
The main aim of posyandu activities is to make it easier for the community, especially babies, toddlers, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and the elderly, to control their health and check their health. and the next goal is to administer worm medicine to prevent worm infections or intestinal worms. And the posyandu activities in August include providing immunizations to babies, weighing babies and toddlers, checking the elderly and also giving worm medicine to toddlers aged 1-5 years.
Elis, as Chair of the Mawar Posyandu Cadre, stated that this Posyandu activity is a routine activity carried out on the 8th of every month. It is hoped that the existence of this posyandu will make it easier for every resident who has a baby to carry out health care. The posyandu activity in August is giving worm medicine. The benefit of giving worm medicine is to prevent and free toddlers from worms.
"Thank you to the UNIDA KKN-T students who have contributed to the success of this month's Posyandu activities. "With contributions from students, Posyandu cadres and the community here, they certainly feel helped and happy," he said.
Meanwhile, Aisyah as a member of the community stated that this posyandu activity is very easy for mothers who have toddlers because with this Posyandu activity in particular and other mothers can find out about the child's growth and development every month. And by providing this worm medicine, hopefully no toddler will be exposed to worms.
"By having students here, we as a community are very happy and really helped, especially as we know more about what stunting is in child development," he said.
On the same occasion, Leni Fuzi Astuti as a representative of KKN-T students stated that Alhamdulillah, the posyandu activities carried out at posyandu rose went smoothly and thank God it was attended by around 50 or more toddlers. This posyandu service plays a very important role in the Marena community. With this posyandu, every mother who has a toddler can control the child's growth and development.
"Hopefully our contribution will be useful for the community and Posyandu Mawar in particular. "It is hoped that the relationship between students and Posyandu Mawar cadres and the community will not be interrupted and hopefully our participation can have a good impact on the implementation of Posyandu Mawar," he said.