Publications by authors named "V V Daniel"
Introduction: The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) defines sarcopenia as a muscle disease (muscle failure) rooted in adverse muscle changes that accrue across a lifetime; sarcopenia is common among adults of older age. New findings on the hormonal and metabolic characteristics of patients with sarcopenia have aided in developing more targeted therapeutic strategies. However, treating older patients with sarcopenia still poses a number of challenges.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Developing countries have partnered with non-governmental and development organizations to ensure universal health coverage and promote equity in accessing health services. This study was motivated by the timely and relevant collaborative partnership among the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Sydani Consulting, and other implementing partners at the sub-national level. There is also no evidence of a study on partnership coordination vis-à-vis COVID-19 vaccine optimization.
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- The study investigates the experiences of Haitians/Haitian Americans in Miami-Dade County during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on their views and practices around vaccination.
- Researchers conducted qualitative interviews with 15 community members and 15 stakeholders, identifying nine key themes related to the pandemic's impact on health, employment, and personal relationships.
- The findings highlight the significant challenges faced by this community, suggesting a need for targeted interventions and collaboration between health agencies and community partners to improve trust and vaccine acceptance.
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- Nigeria received nearly 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses through the COVAX Facility to address vaccine distribution, yet there is limited research on optimizing vaccination efforts from the perspective of mobile teams.
- The study focused on the experiences of 12 mobile vaccination teams in Benue and Niger states, utilizing focus group discussions to identify themes related to their perceptions of vaccination challenges and successes.
- Results showed that health workers felt their efforts led to increased vaccine coverage and accessibility, though they faced challenges such as misconceptions about the vaccine, demands for incentives, and logistical issues like poor connectivity and stock shortages.
How patient and tumor factors influence clearance margins and the number of Mohs Micrographic Surgery (MMS) stages when treating basal cell carcinoma (BCC) remains widely uncharacterized. It is important to elucidate these relationships, as surgical outcomes may be compared nationally between colleagues. Our objective is to evaluate the relationships between defect size and patient demographics, as well as between BCC subtypes and the number of MMS stages.
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