Type of Intervention: New Tool / Service / Body
Sectors Involved: Health
Intervention Categories: Legal and policy; New initiatives; Planning and strategy; Creation of or release of plans
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: Maja Grba Buljevic, chair of the MoH Crisis Headquarters
Overview: Establishment of the Ministry of Health Crisis Headquarters (Krizni stozer Ministarstva zdravstva), raising the preparedness in response to COVID-19. Croatian border surveillance heightened and PPE provided
Full details here: https://zdravlje.gov.hr/vijesti/ministarstvo-zdravstva-osniva-se-nacionalni-krizni-stozer-zbog-koronavirusa/4956
Other links: 1
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group, Scientific Evidence (e.g. academic paper, report)
Source of Evidence or Justification: World Health Organisation
Evidence/Justification: Following the advice of the WHO Emergency Committee declaring the novel coronavirus outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern