SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 December 2025 – Apical continues to strengthen its dedication to stopping and decreasing stunting by prioritising girls’s well being in Cilincing subdistrict, North Jakarta. By its enterprise unit, PT Asianagro Agungjaya (PT AAJ), Apical collaborated with the Cilincing Neighborhood Well being Centre (Puskesmas Cilincing) to implement community-based programmes targeted on girls’s well being and early stunting prevention.
The initiative was launched on 15 December 2025 on the RW 03, RW 09 and RW 10 neighborhood workplaces inside the Cilincing public housing advanced. Concentrating on girls of reproductive age, the programme was designed as a preventive effort to boost consciousness and enhance entry to important well being companies, significantly reproductive well being, as a basis for wholesome households and future generations.
Apical’s CSR Supervisor, Sugiantoro, stated the collaboration displays the corporate’s long-term, preventive strategy to public well being. “We consider that wholesome girls are the pillars of sturdy households and a key drive in shaping wholesome communities. By PT AAJ’s involvement, we intention to create tangible affect by prioritising early prevention, reasonably than focusing solely on therapy,” he stated.
A key focus of the initiative was the early detection of cervical most cancers, a critical however largely preventable illness when recognized by way of routine screening and well timed intervention. Providers offered included IVA screening (visible inspection with acetic acid) and HPV (human papillomavirus) testing.
Dr Kezia Ivana from the Cilincing Neighborhood Well being Centre defined that IVA and HPV screenings are efficient strategies for detecting cervical most cancers at an early stage.
“Early detection permits us to establish the virus that causes cervical most cancers sooner, considerably decreasing the chance of illness development. When detected early, the probabilities of restoration are very excessive. Nonetheless, if left undetected, cervical most cancers can result in extreme ache, irregular bleeding, kidney and urinary tract problems, swelling of the legs, and fertility issues which will stop girls from having youngsters,” she stated.
Apical’s participation on this initiative aligns with the corporate’s 5Cs philosophy that no matter it does should be good for the Neighborhood, Nation, Local weather and Buyer, and solely then will it’s good for the Firm, which underpins its dedication to inclusive and sustainable development. By partnerships with native stakeholders, Apical, a member of the RGE group of firms based by Sukanto Tanoto, continues to help authorities efforts to deal with stunting whereas contributing to improved social and ladies’s well being outcomes, significantly in communities surrounding its operational areas.
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Apical is a number one vegetable oil processor with an increasing world footprint. Our vertically built-in mid-stream refining and value-added downstream processing makes us an integral provider that helps the wants of varied industries specifically meals, feed, oleochemicals and renewable gas, together with sustainable aviation gas (SAF) which permits an awesome discount of CO2 emissions.
With built-in belongings in strategic places spanning Indonesia, China and Spain, Apical operates quite a few refineries, oleochemical vegetation, renewable gas vegetation and kernel crushing vegetation. By joint ventures and strategic partnerships, Apical additionally has processing and distribution operations in Brazil, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Center East, Africa, USA and Vietnam.
Apical’s development is constructed on the foundations of sustainability and transparency, and motivated by our sturdy perception that we will contribute to a round financial system for a extra significant affect, at the same time as we proceed to develop our enterprise and ship progressive options to our prospects.
