ZAGREB, 30 Dec 2021 - The government on Thursday adopted the National Healthcare Development Plan 2021-2027, which is aimed at ensuring a balanced geographical distribution and availability of health services and improving healthcare outcomes as a key national priority.
The plan provides for five special objectives - better living habits and effective disease prevention, improving the healthcare system, improving care for key healthcare challenges, improving the financial sustainability of the healthcare system, and making the healthcare system a desirable place of work.
Health Minister Vili Beroš said that this is an overarching sectoral planning document setting out goals, measures, projects, and activities that will be carried out under the ministry's auspices with the basic aim of improving the healthcare system and healthcare outcomes.
Also adopted was the Healthcare Development Action Plan 2021-2025.
Minister Beroš was given the authority to sign an order for the purchase of additional optional COVID-19 vaccine doses in line with the purchase agreement between the European Commission and Pfizer Inc./BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH.
Beroš recalled that following a cabinet meeting of 3 September, an order was signed for the purchase of 8,2013,731 COVID-19 vaccine doses over the next two years and that based on the purchase agreement, the European Commission made it possible for Croatia to order an additional 500,000 doses for next year.
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