| Author Id | Study design | Participant characteristics | Outcome | References |
| Uganda |
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| Arinda, 2021 | Cross-sectional survey | 318 children, Aged 3 - 9 years. | The prevalence of significant ASD symptoms was found to be 45%. | [13] |
| Bonney, 2022 | Retrospective descriptive study | 237 children, Mean age 6.9 ± 4.0 | The results confirm delays in access to ASD diagnosis and suggest that females are more likely to receive a ASD diagnosis later than males within the Ugandan context | [14] |
| Mwesigye, 2014 | Cross-sectional survey | 1169 children, aged 2 - 9 years | Prevalence of ASD was 120/100,000 children screened. | [15] |
| Wamulugwa, 2017 | Analytical cross-sectional study | 332 children, aged 4 - 18 years | The estimated prevalence of DSM-IV ADHD symptoms was 11%. Children aged less than 10 years were four times likely to have ADHD (OR 4.1, 95% CI 1.7 - 9.6, p < 0.001). | [16] . |
| Kenya |
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| Samia, 2020 | Retrospective descriptive study | 116 children, aged 1 - 23 years | Prevalence of ADHD was 21% | [17] |
| Mamah, 2022 | Cross sectional Survey | 8918 youths, aged 15 - 25 years. | Across all participants, 0.63% were estimated as having High autistic traits, while 14.9% had Borderline autistic traits. Amongst community youth, prevalence of high autistic traits was 0.98%. Compared to those with low and borderline traits. | [19] |
| Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia. | - | - | - | - |