Abstract
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), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.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.
Highlights
Screening of children with anaemia for iron deficiency and thalassaemia trait provides an opportunity for thalassaemia prevention in Sri Lanka
The World Health Organisation estimates that over one-third of the world population suffer from anaemia
The prevalence of anaemia among children in Sri Lanka is reported as 15%
Summary
The take home message is that testing for thalassaemia trait in children and young people is a strategy that could be usefully employed to prevent ‘thalassaemia disease’.
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