<![CDATA[Background. Pandemic of Covid-19 has claimed millions of human lives and affected all aspects of human life including the implementation of early initiation of breastfeeding (EBF) and exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) due to prolonged lockdown. Around two-thirds of infant death happened in neonatal age as the result of low practices the early initiation of breastfeeding and not exclusively breastfeed. Public health center has tasks to run health community program to reach the coverage of 50% EIBF and EBF. This study aimed to analyze the trend of prevalence of EIBF and EBF coverage from 2017 to 2020. Method. The study was a cross-sectional study using secondary data taken from Parongil Public Health Center, Dairi District. Data on the number of neonatal and babies aged 0-6 months and coverage EIBF and EBF were taken from the monthly report. Prior to processing the data, validation was conducted. Data was presented in the univariate table in frequency distribution and proportion. Trends of EIBF and EBF coverage were presented inline graphics. Results. The trend of prevalence of EIBF had been increasing from year 2017 to 2020 that was from 77.4% to 81.6% while EBF tended to decreasing from 45% to 40.0%. Pandemic Covid-19 might not have affected the coverage of EIBF and EBF. Factors of low education level worked as farmers, low income, low husband support, and no breastfeeding counselors were the main causes of low gaining of EBF.]]>
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