Wasting coexisting with underweight and stunting among children aged 6‒59 months hospitalised in Garissa County Referral Hospital, Kenya.

Authors: Wambua, Mutuvi¹, Kariuki, Symon M.^1,2, Abdullahi, Hassan³, Abdullahi, Osman A.¹, Ngari, Moses M.^1,2 mngari@kemri-wellcome.org

Source: Maternal & Child Nutrition. Jan2025, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-11. 11p.

Subject Terms: *RISK assessment, *DIARRHEA, *ANEMIA, *WASTING syndrome, *LEANNESS, *T-test (Statistics), *MULTIPLE regression analysis, *RETROSPECTIVE studies, *HIV infections, *CONTINUUM of care, *CHI-squared test, *PEDIATRICS, *MEDICAL records, *GROWTH disorders, *CONFIDENCE intervals, *PUBLIC health, *ANTHROPOMETRY, *DATA analysis software, *COMORBIDITY, *HOSPITAL care of children, *DISEASE risk factors, *CHILDREN

Geographic Terms: KENYA

Prevalence of all epilepsies in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: a two-stage population-based study

Authors: Adjei, Patrick, Akpalu, Albert, Asiamah, Sabina, Asiki, Gershim, Atieno, Mercy, Bhwana, Dan, Bitta, Mary, Chowdhary, Neerja, Cross, Hellen, Darkwa, Emmanuel K., Denison, Timothy, Dua, Tarun, Godi, Antony, Grassi, Simone, Iddi, Samuel, Abankwah, Daniel Nana Yaw, Kariuki, Symon M., Kinuthia, Joan W., Kimambo, Henrika, Kwasa, Thomas, Mahone, Sloan, Manolova, Gergana, Matuja, William, McDaid, David, Mmbando, Bruno, Mwanga, Daniel Mtai, Kadengye, Damazo T., Muli, Dorcas, Wekesah, Frederick M, Mushi, Vivian, Newton, Charles R., Pages, Guillaume, Otieno, Peter O., Sander, Josemir W., Sen, Arjune, Sottie, Cynthia, Massawe, Isolide, Vallentin, Sonia, Walker, Richard, Waruinge, Stella, Mwanga, Daniel M ^*, Kadengye, Damazo T, Otieno, Peter O, Kipchirchir, Isaac C, Muhua, George O, Kinuthia, Joan W, Machuka, Abigael, Mongare, Quincy, Davis Jones, Gabriel, Sander, Josemir W, Kariuki, Symon M, Newton, Charles R

Source: In The Lancet Global Health August 2024 12(8):e1323-e1330

The association of polytherapy and psychiatric comorbidity in epilepsy

Authors: Odhiambo, Mercy A. ^{a, b}, Kaingu, Gilbert K. ^a, Mumbo, Maria ^a, Kipper, Karin ^e, Sander, Josemir W. ^{e, f}, R.J.C. Newton, Charles ^{a, c, d}, Kariuki, Symon M. ^{a, c, d, g, ⁎}

Source: In Epilepsy & Behavior February 2025 163

Integrating alternative and complementary medicine in the management of epilepsy and its comorbidities in low- and middle-income settings

Authors: Kariuki, Symon M., Newton, Charles R.J.C.

Source: In Epilepsy & Behavior January 2025 162

Exploring psychotic symptoms among substance-naïve individuals and recent abstainers without a psychosis diagnosis: A cross-country study across Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, and South Africa

Authors: Kisiang'ani, Isaac Babu, Aden, Mohammed, Mwangi, Henry R., Akena, Dickens, Alemayehu, Melkam, Barasa, Julius, Gelaye, Bizu, Gichuru, Stella, Kariuki, Symon M., Kwobah, Edith Kamaru, Kyebuzibwa, Joseph, Mwema, Rehema M., Newton, Charles R.J.C., Ongeri, Linnet, Pretorius, Adele, Stein, Dan J., Stevenson, Anne, Stroud, Rocky E., II, Teferra, Solomon, Zingela, Zukiswa, Atwoli, Lukoye

Source: In Psychiatry Research December 2024 342

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa

Authors: Kipkemoi, Patricia, Mufford, Mary S., Akena, Dickens, Alemayehu, Melkam, Atwoli, Lukoye, Chibnik, Lori B., Gelaye, Bizu, Gichuru, Stella, Kariuki, Symon M., Koenen, Karestan C., Kwobah, Edith, Kyebuzibwa, Joseph, Mwema, Rehema M., Newton, Charles R.J.C., Pretorius, Adele, Stein, Dan J., Stevenson, Anne, Stroud, Rocky E., II, Teferra, Solomon, Zingela, Zukiswa, Post, Kristianna, Korte, Kristina J.

Source: In Comprehensive Psychiatry November 2024 135

Relationships between trauma types and psychotic symptoms: A network analysis of patients with psychotic disorders in a large, multi-country study in East Africa

Authors: Stevenson, Anne, Misra, Supriya, Girma, Engida, Isvoranu, Adela-Maria, Akena, Dickens, Alemayehu, Melkam, Atwoli, Lukoye, Gelaye, Bizu, Gichuru, Stella, Kariuki, Symon M., Kwobah, Edith Kamaru, Kyebuzibwa, Joseph, Mwema, Rehema M., Newman, Carter P., Newton, Charles R.J.C., Ongeri, Linnet, Stroud, Rocky E., II, Teferra, Solomon, Koenen, Karestan C., Seedat, Soraya

Source: In Comprehensive Psychiatry August 2024 133

Cross-cultural equivalence of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) across four African countries in a multi-national study of adults

Authors: Ametaj, Amantia A., Denckla, Christy A., Stevenson, Anne, Stroud, Rocky E., II, Hall, Jasmine, Ongeri, Linnet, Milkias, Barkot, Hoffman, Jacob, Naisanga, Molly, Akena, Dickens, Kyebuzibwa, Joseph, Kwobah, Edith K., Atwoli, Lukoye, Gichuru, Stella, Teferra, Solomon, Alemayehu, Melkam, Zingela, Zukiswa, Stein, Dan J., Pretorius, Adele, Newton, Charles R.J.C., Mwema, Rehema M., Kariuki, Symon M., Koenen, Karestan C., Gelaye, Bizu

Source: In SSM - Mental Health June 2024 5

Risk of suicidality in mental and neurological disorders in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Ongeri, Linnet, Theuri, Cyrus, Nyawira, Miriam, Penninx, Brenda W.J.H., Tijdink, Joeri K., Kariuki, Symon M., Newton, Charles R.J.C.

Source: In Comprehensive Psychiatry May 2023 123

Factor structure and item response of psychosis symptoms among Kenyan adults

Authors: Jaguga, Florence, Ametaj, Amantia, Kim, Hannah H., Stroud, Rocky E., Newton, Charles R., Kariuki, Symon M., Kwobah, Edith Kamaru, Atwoli, Lukoye, Gelaye, Bizu, Korte, Kristina J.

Source: In Journal of Affective Disorders 15 November 2022 317:136-141

Evaluation of the International League Against Epilepsy 1981, 1989, and 2017 classifications of seizure semiology and etiology in a population‐based cohort of children and adults with epilepsy

Authors: Egesa, Isaac J., Newton, Charles R. J. C., Kariuki, Symon M.

Source: Epilepsia open. 7(1):98-109

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Neurological impairment and disability in children in rural Kenya

Authors: Abuga, Jonathan A, Kariuki, Symon M, Abubakar, Amina, Nyundo, Christopher, Kinyanjui, Samson M, Hensbroek, Michael Boele, Newton, Charles RJC

Source: Developmental medicine & child neurology. 64(3):347-356

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Genetic structure correlates with ethnolinguistic diversity in eastern and southern Africa

Authors: Atkinson, Elizabeth G., Dalvie, Shareefa, Pichkar, Yakov, Kalungi, Allan, Majara, Lerato, Stevenson, Anne, Abebe, Tamrat, Akena, Dickens, Alemayehu, Melkam, Ashaba, Fred K., Atwoli, Lukoye, Baker, Mark, Chibnik, Lori B., Creanza, Nicole, Daly, Mark J., Fekadu, Abebaw, Gelaye, Bizu, Gichuru, Stella, Injera, Wilfred E., James, Roxanne, Kariuki, Symon M., Kigen, Gabriel, Koen, Nastassja, Koenen, Karestan C., Koenig, Zan, Kwobah, Edith, Kyebuzibwa, Joseph, Musinguzi, Henry, Mwema, Rehema M., Neale, Benjamin M., Newman, Carter P., Newton, Charles R.J.C., Ongeri, Linnet, Ramachandran, Sohini, Ramesar, Raj, Shiferaw, Welelta, Stein, Dan J., Stroud, Rocky E., Teferra, Solomon, Yohannes, Mary T., Zingela, Zukiswa, Martin, Alicia R.

Source: American journal of human genetics. 109(9):1667-1679

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Measuring psychological distress using the K10 in Kenya

Authors: Ongeri, Linnet, Ametaj, Amantia, Kim, Hannah, Stroud, Rocky E, Newton, Charles R., Kariuki, Symon M, Atwoli, Lukoye, Kwobah, Edith, Gelaye, Bizu

Source: Journal of affective disorders. 303:155-160

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Traumatic experiences assessed with the life events checklist for Kenyan adults

Authors: Kwobah, Edith Kamaru, Misra, Supriya, Ametaj, Amantia A., Stevenson, Anne, Stroud, Rocky E., Koenen, Karestan C., Gelaye, Bizu, Kariuki, Symon M., Newton, Charles R., Atwoli, Lukoye

Source: Journal of affective disorders. 303:161-167

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Evaluating the generalisability of region-naïve machine learning algorithms for the identification of epilepsy in low-resource settings.

Authors: Duta, Ioana, Kariuki, Symon M., Ngugi, Anthony K., Mwesige, Angelina Kakooza, Masanja, Honorati, Mwanga, Daniel M., Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Wagner, Ryan, Cross, J Helen, Sander, Josemir W., Newton, Charles R., Sen, Arjune, Jones, Gabriel Davis

Source: PLoS Digital Health; 2/12/2025, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p1-17, 17p

Prevalence and mortality of epilepsies with convulsive and non-convulsive seizures in Kilifi, Kenya

Authors: Kariuki, Symon M, Ngugi, Anthony K, Kombe, Martha Z, Kazungu, Michael, Chengo, Eddie, Odhiambo, Rachael, Nyaguara, Amek, Neville, Brian G, Newton, Charles RJC

Source: In Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy July 2021 89:51-55

Low-coverage sequencing cost-effectively detects known and novel variation in underrepresented populations

Authors: Martin, Alicia R., Atkinson, Elizabeth G., Chapman, Sinéad B., Stevenson, Anne, Stroud, Rocky E., Abebe, Tamrat, Akena, Dickens, Alemayehu, Melkam, Ashaba, Fred K., Atwoli, Lukoye, Bowers, Tera, Chibnik, Lori B., Daly, Mark J., DeSmet, Timothy, Dodge, Sheila, Fekadu, Abebaw, Ferriera, Steven, Gelaye, Bizu, Gichuru, Stella, Injera, Wilfred E., James, Roxanne, Kariuki, Symon M., Kigen, Gabriel, Koenen, Karestan C., Kwobah, Edith, Kyebuzibwa, Joseph, Majara, Lerato, Musinguzi, Henry, Mwema, Rehema M., Neale, Benjamin M., Newman, Carter P., Newton, Charles R.J.C., Pickrell, Joseph K., Ramesar, Raj, Shiferaw, Welelta, Stein, Dan J., Teferra, Solomon, van der Merwe, Celia, Zingela, Zukiswa

Source: In The American Journal of Human Genetics 1 April 2021 108(4):656-668

Consensus‐based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with epilepsy: A report from the Psychiatric Pediatric Issues Task Force of the International League Against Epilepsy.

Authors: Valente, Kette D., Reilly, Colin, Carvalho, Rachel M., Smith, Mary Lou, Mula, Marco, Wirrell, Elaine C., Wilmshurst, Jo M., Jetté, Nathalie, Brigo, Francesco, Kariuki, Symon M., Fong, Choong Yi, Wang, Yuan‐Pang, Polanczyk, Guilherme V., Castanho, Viviane, Demarchi, Izabel G., Auvin, Stéphane, Kerr, Mike

Source: Epilepsia (Series 4); Nov2024, Vol. 65 Issue 11, p3155-3185, 31p

Subject Terms: MENTAL health services, MEDICAL personnel, MENTAL illness, CHILDREN with epilepsy, CHILDHOOD epilepsy, ANXIETY disorders, EPILEPSY

Towards understanding and addressing mental health challenges in Africa: An integrated perspective

Authors: Lochner, Christine ^{a, ⁎}, Kariuki, Symon M. ^{b, c, d, e}

Source: In Comprehensive Psychiatry February 2025 137