About the Journal

Journal of the African Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (JAfSPID) is an electronic, peer-reviewed open access journal published by the University of Cape Town Libraries.

JAfSPID is the official publication of the African Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases. It was launched as an online newsletter called the AfSPID Bulletin in April 2013. In November 2021 it became a peer-review journal. In March 2023, the name was changed to Journal of the African Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases.

Focus and Scope

Vision: To promote African research and perspective in paediatric infectious diseases for the regional and global academic community.

Mission: To publish educational and research manuscripts relevant to Africa, on all aspects of infectious diseases in neonates, children, and adolescents.

The journal publishes a wide variety of manuscripts including full-length research articles, short research communications, review articles, commentaries, case reports, medical images, conference reports, short commentaries on a published landmark paper or report, letters to the editor and invited editorials.

Peer Review Process

All research manuscripts, review articles, commentaries, case reports, medical images and conference reports are subjected to double-blind peer-review by subject specialists using a standardised peer-review template. Commentaries on landmark research papers or clinical / technical reports, invited editorials and letters to the editor are reviewed by the handing editor or a member of the editorial board.

Open Access Policy

This is an open access journal providing immediate open access to the academic community and public. Authors retain copyright and works published in this journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 The CC BY license allows anyone to remix, adapt, and build upon one's work, even commercially on the proviso that the author of the original work is acknowledged.

The journal does not charge Article Processing Charges (APCs) and all works are immediately available online at no cost to authors and readers. Articles from this journal can be submitted to institutional repositories, under the following conditions:

  1. Always upload the final publishers' version as published at 
  2. Acknowledge the University of Cape Town Libraries as the publisher.
  3. Include the DOI as part of the citation.