Jurnal Ibu dan Anak covers a broad range of disciplines including obstetrics, gynecology, reproductive health, pediatrics, neonatology, nutrition, family planning, developmental psychology, sociology, demography, epidemiology, public health, and preventive medicine. The journal addresses such topics as social determinants of health and disease and disparities in communicable and non-communicable diseases burden affecting the health of infants, children, women, adolescents, and families across the lifespan.

Diseases or health care issues affecting populations in the developing world are currently under-documented and underreported in the existing international journals. Therefore, the Jurnal ibu dan Anak encourages authors from developing countries to publish their research papers in this journal. All articles are immediately and permanently free to read and download in pdf files.