Malaria guidelines fall short in diagnosing acute kidney injury
Malaria is responsible for more than 1000 deaths of African children every day and, 95% of all deaths due to malaria occur in Africa.1 Progress in reducing malaria mortality stalled during the COVID-19 pandemic and additional challenges include emerging resistance to first-line therapies for severe malaria and the discovery of invasive vector species in the horn of Africa.1 Acute kidney injury is a frequent life-threatening complication of severe malaria that can have major implications for health-care costs—often unaffordable in settings with few health-care resources—resulting in increased risk of death and long-term morbidity.
