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 2 - 2020

Editorial

COVID-19: A peril unsurpassed in living memory

B J C Perera
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05 Jun 2020

49 (2):99-101

Leading Article

Human microbiome and its role in paediatric allergic disease

Sanath Kudagammana, Gihani Vidanapathirana
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05 Jun 2020

49 (2):102-107

Original Articles

Review Article

Proteomics of rare diseases: A concise review

Dineshani Hettiarachchi
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05 Jun 2020

49 (2):175-177

Case Reports

Picture Story

Pitted keratolysis: An incidental finding in a 10 year old girl

Manori Gamage
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05 Jun 2020

49 (2):193-194
Two cases of accidental poisoning with Zamioculcas zamiifolia

Manori Gamage
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05 Jun 2020

49 (2):195-196

Correspondence

First reported case of probable anaphylaxis following administration of Hepatitis A vaccine in Sri Lanka

Sanath Lamabadusuriya
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05 Jun 2020

49 (2):197
COVID-19: transmission and breastfeeding

Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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05 Jun 2020

49 (2):198
Association between nutritional status and head lice infestation among school aged children: observation from rural border area of Thailand

Won Sriwijitalai, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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05 Jun 2020

49 (2):199-200

Three Minute Article for Parents

Infections in the newborn

Medha Weerasekera
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05 Jun 2020

49 (2):201

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health

Current Issue

Volume 49 - Issue 2 - 2020

Editorial

COVID-19: A peril unsurpassed in living memory

Leading Article

Human microbiome and its role in paediatric allergic disease

Original Articles

The effects of positive interactive education on adolescent perception and attitudes towards smoking behaviour

Developing an electronic record keeping system at a paediatric clinic in Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka

Neonatal sepsis: Bacterial aetiological agents and drug sensitivity pattern in a tertiary hospital in North-Central Nigeria

The relationship between feeding patterns and growth of infants up to 6 months

Development of a sense of rhythm in children 8-9 years old with the help of exercise ‘Classic’s’

High prevalence of dental and skeletal fluorosis in the rural children of Bankura District, West Bengal, India

Maternal risk factors in malnourished children: a neglected study

Parental occupational exposures and the risk of cerebral palsy in children

Estimation of biomarkers in asphyxiated full term neonates with special reference to serum lactate dehydrogenase, aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase

The pattern of loss to follow-up among HIV–infected clients in a tertiary health facility in North Central Nigeria

Review Article

Proteomics of rare diseases: A concise review

Case Reports

A case of star fruit induced acute oxalate nephropathy in a previously healthy child

A case of Brugada syndrome presenting with fatal cardiac arrhythmia in a 3-year-old Sri Lankan child

Acetazolamide in the treatment of alternating hemiplegia of childhood: A case report with an eighteen month follow up

Isolated torticollis as a presentation of bacterial meningitis in children

A case of Kabuki syndrome with immunodeficiency and symphalangism

Congenital Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a healthy neonate having isolated cutaneous involvement with unusual rapid progression

Picture Story

Pitted keratolysis: An incidental finding in a 10 year old girl

Two cases of accidental poisoning with Zamioculcas zamiifolia

Correspondence

First reported case of probable anaphylaxis following administration of Hepatitis A vaccine in Sri Lanka

COVID-19: transmission and breastfeeding

Association between nutritional status and head lice infestation among school aged children: observation from rural border area of Thailand

Three Minute Article for Parents

Infections in the newborn

Conversations

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health

Current Issue

Volume 49 - Issue 2 - 2020

Editorial

COVID-19: A peril unsurpassed in living memory

Leading Article

Human microbiome and its role in paediatric allergic disease

Original Articles

The effects of positive interactive education on adolescent perception and attitudes towards smoking behaviour

Developing an electronic record keeping system at a paediatric clinic in Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka

Neonatal sepsis: Bacterial aetiological agents and drug sensitivity pattern in a tertiary hospital in North-Central Nigeria

The relationship between feeding patterns and growth of infants up to 6 months

Development of a sense of rhythm in children 8-9 years old with the help of exercise ‘Classic’s’

High prevalence of dental and skeletal fluorosis in the rural children of Bankura District, West Bengal, India

Maternal risk factors in malnourished children: a neglected study

Parental occupational exposures and the risk of cerebral palsy in children

Estimation of biomarkers in asphyxiated full term neonates with special reference to serum lactate dehydrogenase, aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase

The pattern of loss to follow-up among HIV–infected clients in a tertiary health facility in North Central Nigeria

Review Article

Proteomics of rare diseases: A concise review

Case Reports

A case of star fruit induced acute oxalate nephropathy in a previously healthy child

A case of Brugada syndrome presenting with fatal cardiac arrhythmia in a 3-year-old Sri Lankan child

Acetazolamide in the treatment of alternating hemiplegia of childhood: A case report with an eighteen month follow up

Isolated torticollis as a presentation of bacterial meningitis in children

A case of Kabuki syndrome with immunodeficiency and symphalangism

Congenital Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a healthy neonate having isolated cutaneous involvement with unusual rapid progression

Picture Story

Pitted keratolysis: An incidental finding in a 10 year old girl

Two cases of accidental poisoning with Zamioculcas zamiifolia

Correspondence

First reported case of probable anaphylaxis following administration of Hepatitis A vaccine in Sri Lanka

COVID-19: transmission and breastfeeding

Association between nutritional status and head lice infestation among school aged children: observation from rural border area of Thailand

Three Minute Article for Parents

Infections in the newborn

The pattern of loss to follow-up among HIV–infected clients in a tertiary health facility in North Central Nigeria

Estimation of biomarkers in asphyxiated full term neonates with special reference to serum lactate dehydrogenase, aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase

Parental occupational exposures and the risk of cerebral palsy in children

Maternal risk factors in malnourished children: a neglected study

The Growth Chart

Choosing the correct statistical test in research

Body Mass Index reference curves for Sri Lanka

Managing a child with nephrotic syndrome

Conversations