Philip Renison Opondo, MBChB
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry
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Education:
MBCHB (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)
University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 1985.
MMed Psych (Psychiatry)
University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 1991.
CML (Certificate in Medicine and Law - Unit for Medicine and Law)
University of Pretoria/Unisa, Pretoria, South Africa, 2006.
Permanent linkMBCHB (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)
University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 1985.
MMed Psych (Psychiatry)
University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 1991.
CML (Certificate in Medicine and Law - Unit for Medicine and Law)
University of Pretoria/Unisa, Pretoria, South Africa, 2006.
Selected Publications
Yang, L. H., Poku, O. B., Misra, S., Mehta, H. T., Rampa, S., Eisenberg, M. M., ... Opondo P.R, …& Blank, M. B.: Stigma, Structural Vulnerability, and “What Matters Most” Among Women Living With HIV in Botswana, 2017. American Journal of Public Health 111(7): 1309-1317, Jul 2021.Misra, S., Mehta, H. T., Eschliman, E. L., Rampa, S., Poku, O. B., Wang, W. Q., Opondo, P.R, … & Yang, L. H: Identifying “What Matters Most” to Men in Botswana to Promote Resistance to HIV-Related Stigma. Qualitative Health Research 31(9): 1680-1696, Jul 2021.
Opondo, P. R., Olashore, A. A., Molebatsi, K., Othieno, C. J., & Ayugi, J. O. : Mental health research in Botswana: a semi-systematic scoping review. Journal of International Medical Research 48(10), Oct 2020.
Poku, O. B., Ho-Foster, A. R., Entaile, P., Misra, S., Mehta, H., Rampa, S., …Opondo, P.R.,… & Melese, T.: ‘Mothers moving towards empowerment’ intervention to reduce stigma and improve treatment adherence in pregnant women living with HIV in Botswana: study protocol for a pragmatic clinical trial. Trials 21(1): 1-16, Oct 2020.
Ho-Foster AR, Goodman M, Entaile P, Rampa S, Jackson V, Manyeagae G, Poku OB, Misra S, Opondo PR, Arscott-Mills T, Mehta H, Becker T, Tadele B, Blank MB, Yang LH: What matters most enables resistance of HIV stigma: Sustained effects of a novel, culturally-tailored prenatal HIV stigma-reduction intervention on stigma and depression in Botswana. Poster Presentation at the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020: Virtual) Jul 2020 Notes: https://cattendee.abstractsonline.com/meeting/9289/Presentation/2318.
Olashore, A. A., Opondo, P. R., Ogunjumo, J. A., & Ayugi, J. O.: Cannabis Use Disorder Among First-Year Undergraduate Students in Gaborone, Botswana. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment 14, Mar 2020.
Poku, O. B., Becker, T. D., Ho-Foster, A. R., Rampa, S., Entaile, P., Opondo P, … & Yang, L. H. : Reflections on qualitatively investigating HIV and mental illness stigma in Botswana with a multicultural and multinational team. SAGE Research Methods Cases 2020.
Brian Godman, Christoffel Grobler, Marianne Van-De-Lisle, ……. ,Philip Opondo, ………….., & Corrado Barbui : Pharmacotherapeutic interventions for bipolar disorder type II: addressing multiple symptoms and approaches with a particular emphasis on strategies in lower and middle-income countries. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 20(18): 2237-2255, Dec 2019.
Kennedy Amone-P’Olak, Wilfred Chilunga, Bernard Omech & Phillip Renison Opondo : Knowledge of alcohol-disease links and socio-demographic factors as predictors of support for alcohol-related policies among university students in Botswana. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 27(4): 320-327, Sep 2019.
Becker, T. D., Ho-Foster, A. R., Poku, O. B., Marobela, S., Mehta, H., Xuan Cao, D. T. …Opondo, P. R, Yang, L. H. : “It’s When the Trees Blossom”: Explanatory Beliefs, Stigma, and Mental Illness in the Context of HIV in Botswana. Qualitative Health Research 29(11): 1566-1580, Sep 2019.