MCHU (Mother and Child Health Update) is committed to providing accessible scholarly publishing without imposing financial barriers on authors.

The journal does not charge any Article Processing Charges (APC) or publication fees for manuscripts submitted to and published in MCHU.

There are no submission fees, review fees, or publication fees. Authors are not required to make any payment at any stage of the editorial, peer-review, or publication process.

All articles published by MCHU are also freely accessible to readers under the journal's Open Access Policy.

If any additional charges become applicable in the future, the journal will clearly state such charges in its official policies before they are implemented.