The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.

The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), DOAJ and IMSEAR. The journal incorporates many research articles into its issues and is pleased to entertain articles on child health from Sri Lanka as well as those from abroad. A rich and varied mix of academic disclosures is assimilated into each issue of the publication.

The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.

Current Issue

Volume 49 - Issue 4 - 2020

Editorial

Elimination of several infectious diseases from Sri Lanka: A tribute to the parents of our children and to our immunisation programme

B J C Perera
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):317-319

Original Articles

Current Practice

Diagnosis and management of scabies in children

V Thadchanamoorthy, Kavinda Dayasiri
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):383-389

Point of View

How to prepare your preterm baby before discharge

Kristiawati Kristiawati, Yeni Rustina, Indra Budi Budi, Rr. Hariyati
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):390-395

Case Reports

Congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt presenting with muco-cutaneous bleeding

Sajani Galappaththi, Shaman Rajindrajith, Sachith Mettananda
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):396-398
Unusual presentation of osteomyelitis: A clinical dilemma

Vindika Sinhabahu, Sarah Jamison
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):399-400
Swyer syndrome with progressive virilization in a Sri Lankan child

Fathima Hashim, Shamya de Silva, Malik Samarasinghe
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):401-403
Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent child

Jithangi Wanigasinghe, Kumudu Karunarathne, Infaq Luthufdeen, Sanjeeva Gunasekera, Mahika Udara
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):404-406
Hyponatraemic hypertensive syndrome due to renal ischaemia: a rare presentation of Takayasu arteritis

Chamila Lakmini, Jeewana Leelarathne, Devan Mendis
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):407-408
A case of neonatal bronchomalacia, manifesting as severe poorly resolving bronchopneumonia

Chandima Gunaratne, Thusitha Kumarasiri
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):409-411

Picture Story

Parameningeal embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma presenting as facial nerve palsy in a young girl

Vishnu Sivapatham, Shenal Thalgahagoda, Wasantha Rathnayake, Anuradha Bogahapitiya
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):412-413
Symptomatic geographic tongue in a child

*Md. Iqbal, Jesmin Mohol, K M Momin
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):414-415

Correspondence

COVID-19 lock down and impact on rotavirus incidence: a reappraisal

Pathum Sookaromdee, Viroj Wiwanitki
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):416
Covid-19 pandemic and our paediatric population - the challenges and outcome: an observational study from Eastern India

Suparna Guha
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):417-418
Dengue and COVID‐19, overlapping epidemics in highly endemic area

Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):419
Paediatric COVID-19 and BCG vaccination: observation

Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):420

Three Minute Article for Parents

Timely surgery for children with hypospadias for better anatomical and psycho-sexual outcome

Ravibindu Ranawaka
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05 Dec 2020

49 (4):421

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health

Current Issue

Volume 49 - Issue 4 - 2020

Editorial

Elimination of several infectious diseases from Sri Lanka: A tribute to the parents of our children and to our immunisation programme

Original Articles

Clinico-haematological profile of children with vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia

Study of the psychological status of mothers of autism spectrum disorder children

Correlation of peak expiratory flow rate with anthropometric parameters in apparently healthy children with sickle cell anaemia in Lagos

Forced use therapy to improve hand function in spastic cerebral palsy children

Improving clean and healthy living behaviour through snakes and ladders board game among school children

Improving gross motor skill development through the Montessori method in children aged 3-5 years

Predictors and barriers to physical activity among rural preschool children in Kuching and Samarahan Divison, Sarawak, Malaysia

Aetiological profile of global developmental delay in children under 5 years of age: experience from a tertiary referral centre

Effectiveness of training parents of beta thalassemia patients in improving medical student-patient communication: a developing country-perspective

Technological and electronic communication device addiction and its associated physical and psychosocial comorbidity among obese and overweight children aged 10 to 14 years, who attend the nutrition clinic at Colombo North Teaching Hospital

Current Practice

Diagnosis and management of scabies in children

Point of View

How to prepare your preterm baby before discharge

Case Reports

Congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt presenting with muco-cutaneous bleeding

Unusual presentation of osteomyelitis: A clinical dilemma

Swyer syndrome with progressive virilization in a Sri Lankan child

Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent child

Hyponatraemic hypertensive syndrome due to renal ischaemia: a rare presentation of Takayasu arteritis

A case of neonatal bronchomalacia, manifesting as severe poorly resolving bronchopneumonia

Picture Story

Parameningeal embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma presenting as facial nerve palsy in a young girl

Symptomatic geographic tongue in a child

Correspondence

COVID-19 lock down and impact on rotavirus incidence: a reappraisal

Covid-19 pandemic and our paediatric population - the challenges and outcome: an observational study from Eastern India

Dengue and COVID‐19, overlapping epidemics in highly endemic area

Paediatric COVID-19 and BCG vaccination: observation

Three Minute Article for Parents

Timely surgery for children with hypospadias for better anatomical and psycho-sexual outcome

Conversations

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health

Current Issue

Volume 49 - Issue 4 - 2020

Editorial

Elimination of several infectious diseases from Sri Lanka: A tribute to the parents of our children and to our immunisation programme

Original Articles

Clinico-haematological profile of children with vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia

Study of the psychological status of mothers of autism spectrum disorder children

Correlation of peak expiratory flow rate with anthropometric parameters in apparently healthy children with sickle cell anaemia in Lagos

Forced use therapy to improve hand function in spastic cerebral palsy children

Improving clean and healthy living behaviour through snakes and ladders board game among school children

Improving gross motor skill development through the Montessori method in children aged 3-5 years

Predictors and barriers to physical activity among rural preschool children in Kuching and Samarahan Divison, Sarawak, Malaysia

Aetiological profile of global developmental delay in children under 5 years of age: experience from a tertiary referral centre

Effectiveness of training parents of beta thalassemia patients in improving medical student-patient communication: a developing country-perspective

Technological and electronic communication device addiction and its associated physical and psychosocial comorbidity among obese and overweight children aged 10 to 14 years, who attend the nutrition clinic at Colombo North Teaching Hospital

Current Practice

Diagnosis and management of scabies in children

Point of View

How to prepare your preterm baby before discharge

Case Reports

Congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt presenting with muco-cutaneous bleeding

Unusual presentation of osteomyelitis: A clinical dilemma

Swyer syndrome with progressive virilization in a Sri Lankan child

Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent child

Hyponatraemic hypertensive syndrome due to renal ischaemia: a rare presentation of Takayasu arteritis

A case of neonatal bronchomalacia, manifesting as severe poorly resolving bronchopneumonia

Picture Story

Parameningeal embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma presenting as facial nerve palsy in a young girl

Symptomatic geographic tongue in a child

Correspondence

COVID-19 lock down and impact on rotavirus incidence: a reappraisal

Covid-19 pandemic and our paediatric population - the challenges and outcome: an observational study from Eastern India

Dengue and COVID‐19, overlapping epidemics in highly endemic area

Paediatric COVID-19 and BCG vaccination: observation

Three Minute Article for Parents

Timely surgery for children with hypospadias for better anatomical and psycho-sexual outcome

Technological and electronic communication device addiction and its associated physical and psychosocial comorbidity among obese and overweight children aged 10 to 14 years, who attend the nutrition clinic at Colombo North Teaching Hospital

Effectiveness of training parents of beta thalassemia patients in improving medical student-patient communication: a developing country-perspective

Aetiological profile of global developmental delay in children under 5 years of age: experience from a tertiary referral centre

Predictors and barriers to physical activity among rural preschool children in Kuching and Samarahan Divison, Sarawak, Malaysia

The Growth Chart

Choosing the correct statistical test in research

Body Mass Index reference curves for Sri Lanka

Diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic fever

Conversations