Our history

The Croatian Branch of the Italian Cochrane Centre was officially established on 8^th December 2008 at the University of Split School of Medicine as a part of the Croatian Center for Global Health (CCGH). This initiative in Croatia was set forward by professors Ana and Matko Marušić, former Croatian Medical Journal editors, and supported by professor Stipan Janković, former Dean of the University of Split School of Medicine, professor Ivica Grković, former Vice-dean for science and professor Igor Rudan, former director of the CCGH.

Cochrane Croatia became an independent Cochrane Centre on 6^th April 2017.

Vision

A Croatian society in which individual and system level health care decision-makers understand the importance of using Cochrane Reviews to inform practice, and in which patients and health care users are empowered by access to high-quality, evidence-based information on health interventions

Mission

To promote the use and accessibility of Cochrane Systematic Reviews in Croatia. To support and offer high quality training to those interested in using and producing Cochrane systematic Reviews.

Strategic plan

• Strategic plan of Cochrane Croatia for the period 2012-2016
• Strategic plan of Cochrane Croatia for the period 2017-2020

Our team

Irena Zakarija Grković Director	Ljubo Znaor Education Coordinator	Ružica Tokalić Translator Coordinator	Ana Utrobičić Information Specialist
Ana Marušić Research Coordinator	Matko Marušić Quality Assurance Coordinator	Jasna Karačić Consumer Co-Coordinator	Karmela Krleža-Jerić Consumer Co-Coordinator
Davor Lukšić IT Specialist & Web Editor	Marija Franka Marušić Cochrane Corner Coordinator	Ante Bošnjak Administrator	Mirjana Huić-Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Coordinator