Mandatory preventive examinations in Croatia monitor growth, development, and early disease detection.
Most intensive in the first year (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12 months), then aligned with the vaccination schedule and mandatory before school enrollment.
Services include:
- Height, weight, head circumference, BMI, blood pressure
- Full clinical examination
- Vision, hearing, scoliosis screening
- Neuromotor, speech, communication, and social development assessment
✔ Free of charge
✔ Conducted by pediatricians or school medicine doctors
Early Development Portal:
https://ranaintervencija.zagreb.hr/
Vaccination Program (2025–2027)
Adopted by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia.
Key Vaccinations
At birth
- BCG (tuberculosis)
- Hepatitis B (for newborns of HBsAg-positive mothers)
2 months
- DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB + Pneumococcal
12 months
- MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella)
- Pneumococcal
6 years
School-age
- MMR
- Polio
- Hepatitis B status check
- Td booster
Age 60+
HPV Vaccination
Free and recommended for girls and boys (5th–8th grade).
9-valent vaccine protects against HPV types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, 58.
- 2 doses before age 15
- 3 doses after age 15
Vaccination locations:
- School medicine clinics
- Centar za zdravlje mladih
- Vaccination Center, Epidemiology Service (Mirogojska 16)
