Abstract
To address the task of the expansion of the Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics (SJP) to encompass the scientific work dealing with child health locally and abroad, it will be the purpose of the Editorial Board of SJP to encourage authors to submit high-quality papers for the refereed publication and to make a more varied source of material to our readers. "Guidelines to contributors "are published to help the authors to present their data in accordance with the currently accepted uniform style for submitted manuscripts. It is based on the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors [1] with minor modifications to suit the local facilities in developing countries.