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.

Publications

  1. Burger, RL, Meffert, SM meffert, Ongeri, L, Wangia, J, Wambura, R, Ajore, P et al.. Factors associated with fluoxetine adherence among outpatients with common mental disorders in Western Kenya. BMJ Glob Health. 2025;10 (8):. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017929. PubMed PMID:40854809 PubMed Central PMC12382546.
  2. Olwanda, E, Mwai, D, Mathai, M, Burger, R, Ongeri, L, Bukusi, D et al.. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Interpersonal Therapy and Fluoxetine for Treating Depression and PTSD in Primary Care Settings in Kenya. Res Sq. 2025; :. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6977800/v1. PubMed PMID:40766223 PubMed Central PMC12324569.
  3. Suwalowska, H, Parker, M, Addissie, A, Ali, J, Bukusi, D, Karkey, A et al.. Life from death: ethical implications of uterus transplantation from deceased donors in global health. BMJ Glob Health. 2025;10 (6):. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018216. PubMed PMID:40541280 PubMed Central PMC12182038.
  4. Crable, EL, Meffert, SM, Kenneally, RG, Ongeri, L, Bukusi, D, Burger, RL et al.. Multi-sector determinants of implementation and sustainment for non-specialist treatment of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in Kenya: a concept mapping study. Implement Sci Commun. 2025;6 (1):55. doi: 10.1186/s43058-025-00744-7. PubMed PMID:40336135 PubMed Central PMC12056999.
  5. Kingston, H, Chohan, BH, Mbogo, L, Bukusi, D, Monroe-Wise, A, Sambai, B et al.. Using HIV and Hepatitis C Molecular Epidemiology to Investigate Assisted Partner Services Recruitment Among People Who Inject Drugs in Kenya. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2025;41 (2):76-86. doi: 10.1089/aid.2024.0036. PubMed PMID:39686724 .
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