Technologies for the point-of-care diagnosis of malaria: a scoping review.
Journal:
Infectious diseases of poverty
Published Date:
Jun 23, 2025
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Malaria continues to pose a significant health challenge, particularly in low-resource settings (LRS), where access to reliable and timely diagnostics is often limited. In this context, point-of-care (POC) in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) play a key role in supporting early detection and treatment. The aim of this scoping review was to better understand the landscape of malaria IVD technologies, with the aim of identifying both their strengths and limitations to guide and accelerate the development of POC diagnostics suitable for endemic regions and LRS. To support this analysis, the ASSURED (Affordability, Sensitivity, Specificity, User-friendliness, Rapidity, Equipment-free, Deliverability) criteria were applied to rank each technology in terms of its potential for POC applications in LRS.
