PEDIATRÍA Journal was founded in October 1941 as the official organ of the Colombian Society of Pediatrics. Its mission is to disseminate the results of research, topic reviews, analysis, and reports on topics related to child and adolescent health. Receive and publish articles on pediatrics, childcare, public health, social medicine, and other areas of interest for the health of girls, boys and adolescents. The target audience is all health professionals and related areas. Its short title is PEDIATRICS, and its ISSN is identified as 0120-4912 and e-ISSN: 2444-9369. Both the instructions and the publication policies conform to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.