David Bukusi, MBChB, MMed

Senior Medical Specialist, Kenyatta National Hospital

Dr. David Bukusi, MBChB, MMed, is a senior medical specialist at the Kenyatta National Hospital with a co-appointment as a lecturer at the University of Nairobi Department of Psychiatry. He provides direct psychiatric care at the Kenyatta National Hospital: Mental Health Department, Mathari Hospital, and at the national referral hospital Kenyatta National Hospital, and he teaches at the University of Nairobi’s Department of Psychiatry. He is a co-Investigator for SMART-DAPPER. Dr. Bukusi has worked extensively with the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization, and other stakeholders to edit the current Kenya Mental Health Policy 2015-2030. He is also head of Kenyatta National Hospital HIV prevention services in the PEPFAR-funded Centre Of Excellence HIV Medicine (CoEHM) program as well as head of the KNH Youth Centre, which provides mental health and sexual and reproductive health care to youth and adolescents.

1. Maurano, M, Bukusi, D, Masyuko, S, Bosire, R, Gitau, E, Guthrie, BL et al.. "We only trust each other": A qualitative study exploring the overdose risk environment among persons who inject drugs living with HIV in Nairobi, Kenya. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024;4 (7):e0003435. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003435. PubMed PMID:38954694 PubMed Central PMC11218959.
2. Meffert, SM, Mathai, MA, Ongeri, L, Neylan, TC, Mwai, D, Onyango, D et al.. Defining a screening tool for post-traumatic stress disorder in East Africa: a penalized regression approach. Front Public Health. 2024;12 :1383171. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1383171. PubMed PMID:38947359 PubMed Central PMC11211862.
3. Aluisio, AR, Smith-Sreen, J, Offorjebe, A, Maina, W, Pirirei, S, Kinuthia, J et al.. Implementation and Assessment of the HIV Enhanced Access Testing in the Emergency Department (HEATED) Program in Nairobi, Kenya: A Quasi-Experimental Prospective Study. medRxiv. 2024; :. doi: 10.1101/2024.04.03.24305277. PubMed PMID:38633813 PubMed Central PMC11023650.
4. Monroe-Wise, A, Mbogo, L, Sambai, B, Ludwig-Barron, N, Guthrie, BL, Bukusi, D et al.. Efficacy of assisted partner services for people who inject drugs in Kenya to identify partners living with HIV and hepatitis C virus infection: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Glob Health. 2024;12 (5):e859-e867. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00051-2. PubMed PMID:38614633 PubMed Central PMC11097040.
5. Kenya Adolescent Mental Health Group. Burden and risk factors of mental and substance use disorders among adolescents and young adults in Kenya: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. EClinicalMedicine. 2024;67 :102328. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102328. PubMed PMID:38204491 PubMed Central PMC10776414.