Professional paper

Communicable diseases in Croatia in 2007

Borislav Aleraj ; HZJZ, Služba za epidemiologiju zaraznih bolesti, Zagreb

Abstract

The Epidemiology Service of the Croatian National Institute of Public Health is presenting here an overview of the actual epidemiological situation in Croatia in 2007 based on national case notification and outbreak notification network, vaccination coverage network etc. The situation is assessed as rather favorable. Diseases included in national mass immunization program are completely depressed (measles, rubella, mumps, whooping cough, tetanus) and even eliminated or eradicated (diphtheria, poliomyelitis). Classical sexually transmitted diseases, gonorrhoea, syphilis are under control, showing low incidence. AIDS incidence remains low and stationary twenty two years since first registered cases. Diseases of poverty, pore sanitation and low education (typhoid fever, shigellosis, and hepatitis A) are rare and sporadic. However, the situation should be also assed as potentially unstable, because of some potentially risky factors existing: locally insufficient sanitation especially regarding waste disposal, war damages, significant postwar, economic, tourist migrations, etc. This asks for further systematic work and for implementation of all prevention and control measures, which proved successful if looking at actual communicable disease trends, making Croatia fully comparable to developed countries.

Keywords

communicable diseases; Croatia; epidemiology; surveillance

Hrčak ID:

30517

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/30517

Publication date:

3.9.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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