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. 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.
  2. 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 .
  3. Kingston, H, Nduva, G, Chohan, BH, Mbogo, L, Monroe-Wise, A, Sambai, B et al.. A phylogenetic assessment of HIV-1 transmission trends among people who inject drugs from Coastal and Nairobi, Kenya. Virus Evol. 2024;10 (1):veae092. doi: 10.1093/ve/veae092. PubMed PMID:39678353 PubMed Central PMC11640816.
  4. Meffert, S, Mathai, M, Neylan, T, Mwai, D, Onyango, DO, Rota, G et al.. Preference of mHealth versus in-person treatment for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in Kenya: demographic and clinical characteristics. BMJ Open. 2024;14 (11):e083094. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083094. PubMed PMID:39557549 PubMed Central PMC11575330.
  5. Boke, J, Monroe-Wise, A, Umutesi, G, Mbogo, L, Sambai, B, Bukusi, D et al.. Experience and challenges delivering hepatitis C virus treatment for people who inject drugs in Kenya. Front Med (Lausanne). 2024;11 :1429516. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1429516. PubMed PMID:39497846 PubMed Central PMC11532038.
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