MCHU (Mother and Child Health Update) is an open-access scientific journal committed to the principle that scientific research should be freely and immediately accessible to the public. Open access supports the broad dissemination of scientific knowledge, evidence-based practice, education, healthcare improvement, and further research in maternal and child health.

All articles published by MCHU are available online immediately and free of charge, without subscription or access fees. Readers may access, read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, and otherwise use the full text of published articles in accordance with the applicable license.

Immediate Open Access

MCHU provides immediate open access to all published content. No embargo period is applied after publication.

The journal recognizes that unrestricted access to research can enhance the visibility, accessibility, dissemination, and potential impact of scholarly work in maternal and child health.

Licensing

Unless otherwise stated, articles published in MCHU (Mother and Child Health Update) are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under the CC BY 4.0 license, users are permitted to:

• Share, copy, and redistribute the published material in any medium or format;
• Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material; and
• Use the material for academic, educational, professional, and commercial purposes.

These uses are permitted provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), the source of publication is acknowledged, a link to the license is provided, and any changes made to the original work are indicated.

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Copyright

Authors retain the copyright to their published articles and grant MCHU the right of first publication.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that any copyrighted material, figures, tables, photographs, or other third-party content included in their manuscripts has obtained the necessary permission for publication and distribution under the applicable open-access license.

Reader Access

MCHU does not require readers to register, subscribe, or make any payment to access published articles. Full-text articles are publicly available through the journal's website.

Archiving and Scholarly Sharing

Authors are permitted to share and archive their published articles in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal academic websites, and other scholarly platforms, provided that proper citation and attribution to the original publication in MCHU are maintained.

MCHU encourages the broad and responsible dissemination of published research to facilitate knowledge exchange among researchers, academics, healthcare professionals, policymakers, students, and the wider community.