Past Issue | Volume | Volume 10,Issue 2,Feb,2024
Pierre Dukuziyaturemye1*, Jean Habanabakize2
Abstract:-
Background: Diarhoeal and intestinal parasites are of global public health concern. Diarrhoea disease accounts for 1.8 million deaths per year among children aged under five years, while intestinal parasites affect more than 2 billion people mostly in low-income countries. One of the measures to contain COVID-19 was reduced the incidence of diarhoeal and intestinal parasites. This study aimed to identify the effects of hand washing measures in preventing COVID-19 on diarhoeal and intestinal parasites in Rwanda.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study used secondary data analysis from the Rwanda Health Management Information System, a data set from the Ministry of Health. Data were analyzed using Stata version 15. The difference in difference model was designed to compare variability incidence of diarhoeal and intestinal parasites before and during COVID-19.
Results: The results show that COVID-19 decreased significantly the incidence of diarhoeal diseases. A one- percentage increase of COVID-19 results in 0.064 percentage point reduction of the incidence of diarhoeal diseases. A one- percentage point additional of COVID-19 results in 0.04 percentage point reduction of the overall incidence of intestinal parasites.
Conclusion: The measures to combat COVID-19 had positive and significant effect on incidence of diarhoeal and intestinal parasites in Rwanda.
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