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.

The growing anti-vaccination drive threatens to cause epidemics.

ZAGREB, March 13, 2018 - Ten people have died of measles in Serbia in the last five months, the public broadcaster RTS reported on Monday.

ZAGREB, February 11, 2018 - The pneumococcal vaccination is compulsory in almost all EU countries except Croatia and Estonia, and professionals agree that it should be made compulsory in order to reduce the incidence of pneumococcal infections and the number of days spent on sick leave and days school children stay out of school, it was said at a round table discussion held in Zagreb.

As scepticism grows, the virus is becoming more deadly.

Croatian medical experts adopt the Declaration on the Importance of Vaccination.