Due to lower vaccination rates, there is a danger of a wider epidemic.

ZAGREB, May 27, 2018 - The European Stroke Organisation (ESO) has awarded two Zagreb hospitals for the quality of acute stroke care – the Sveti Duh hospital has been awarded a platinum status and the KB Dubrava hospital a gold status.

ZAGREB, May 25, 2018 - Croatia is ranked 30th in terms of healthcare access and quality, The Lancet medical journal has reported based on a survey of 195 countries and territories.

ZAGREB, May 20, 2018 - Some 35% of eight-year-olds in Croatia are overweight or obese, which puts it among the top five European countries with this problem, a survey shows.

ZAGREB, May 2, 2018 - The centre of excellence and education of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) was formally opened on Wednesday in the Dubrava clinical hospital in Zagreb by President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and the Federation's leader Nam Cho.

ZAGREB, April 23, 2018 - According to a report by the Croatian Institute of Public Health (HZJZ), last year the number of children that were vaccinated continued to fall, for the sixth year in a row, and the greatest fall in vaccinations for MPR against measles, rubella and mumps was recorded with 2-year olds, followed by vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough as well as vaccines against Hepatitis type B.

ZAGREB, April 15, 2018 - The life expectancy of Zagreb residents was 79.6 years in 2017, almost four years longer than in 2003 when it was 76 years, according to figures released on the occasion of World Health Day.

ZAGREB, April 15, 2018 - Spinraza, a drug used in treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), will be put on the list of medicines provided by the Croatian Health Insurance Fund (HZZO) next week while clinical trials with this new medicine will begin in Zagreb's KBC Hospital on April 17 and will include 23 SMA patients, Health Minister Milan Kujundžić announced.

April 14, 2018 - Croatian doctors are quite caring, quite professional and excellent at their jobs... but we all know our health system comes with a couple of quirks. Some well-meaning advice brought to you by Josip Šore, a young doctor in making

ZAGREB, April 8, 2018 - As part of an event marking World Health Day in downtown Zagreb on Saturday, Croatians had their blood tested for free and talked to doctors and experts about prevention programmes, treatment and ways of improving health.