ZAGREB, April 7, 2018 - Croatia is at the bottom of European Union rankings on fish consumption and ranks somewhere in the middle on meat consumption, while a national survey of eating habits shows that Croatians eat more carbohydrates than recommended, a press conference was told in the eastern city of Osijek.

ZAGREB, April 7, 2018 - The Croatian President's Office on Saturday organised an open-door event called "Health for All" to mark World Health Day, which is observed on April 7, with the president saying that the health of young people was one of the priorities for the national health service because of such problems as obesity, lack of physical activity and various addictions among young people.

“If parents of ill children are satisfied, then I am also satisfied.”

ZAGREB, April 3, 2018 - Balloons carrying the slogan "Autism 12,000", which is the number of people estimated to be suffering from autism in Croatia, were released on Tuesday in Zagreb's downtown Cvjetni Square to mark World Autism Awareness Day, with civil society organisations stating that they no longer wish to do the state's work.

ZAGREB, April 3, 2018 - The Health Ministry will change the rules for clinical testing of medicines in Croatia to speed up approval and contracting procedures, increase the number of clinical trials in healthcare institutions and improve access to innovative therapies for patients.

ZAGREB, March 30, 2018 - The results of two programmes designed to modernise assistance to children with multiple developmental problems, worth 732,000 kuna (approx. 99,000 euro), were presented at the Special Hospital for Chronic Children's Diseases in Gornja Bistra, north of Zagreb, on Friday.

Despite being willing to work in retirement, it seems that the largest Croatian hospital has no need for one of Croatia’s best surgeons.

ZAGREB, March 26, 2018 - The Croatian health system is stable and good but it is struggling with numerous problems, Health Minister Milan Kujundžić said at the conference "The future of Croatia's health system" in Zagreb on Monday, announcing that a new law on healthcare and compulsory health insurance, to be adopted this year, were expected to help deal with those problems.

ZAGREB, March 19, 2018 - As many as three out of five Croats have overweight problems, and what is worrying is that obesity is on the rise among children, the head of the Croatian Obesity Society Davor Štimac said at a conference in Zagreb on Monday.

With the „Days of Private Initiative in Healthcare Sector – Ten Days With No Waiting” project, the Croatian Chamber of Physicians aimed to present to citizens a range of high-quality services provided by private medical institutions.