Manasi Kumar

(she/her)

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Professor, Department of Population Health & Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York University

Access to mental health for pregnant and parenting adolescents is limited in Kenya. Getty Images

September 7, 2026

Manasi Kumar, New York University; Anne Obondo, University of Nairobi; Caleb Othieno, Maseno University, and Obadia Yator, University of Nairobi

Group interpersonal psychotherapy is an effective way to manage depression among perinatal adolescents.