Table 2
Changes in social development associated with the pattern of distribution of new cases of amebiasis, giardiasis, and other intestinal infections caused by parasitic protozoa in the pre-pandemic period (2017–2019) and post-pandemic period (2020–2022). The data were analyzed using GraphPad Prism version 6.01 for Windows, and differences were considered statistically significant at p ≤ 0.001.
| Mean change in social and infrastructure deficits |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-COVID-19 | Post-COVID-19 | ||
| Percent reduction in population without access to clean water | 7.04 | 6.30 | 0.,046 |
| Percent reduction in population without access to drainage | 6.25 | 4.86 | 0.0008 |
| Percent reduction in overcrowded population | 7.88 | 6.30 | <0.0001 |
| Percent reduction in population living with earthen floors | 3.02 | 2.63 | 0.0144 |
| Percent reduction in population living in poverty | 40.60 | 42.17 | 0.0631 |
| Percent reduction in population without access to health services | 14.45 | 25.72 | <0.0001 |
| Percent reduction in population without access to good nutrition and quality food | 22.51 | 22.85 | 0.6167 |
| Percent increase in unemployed population | 43.67 | 40.87 | <0.0001 |
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