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1925 Born Ante Hrabar, Croatian physician, epidemiologist (Trogir, July 11, 1925 - Zagreb, February 23, 2000). He finished the classical grammar school in 1943 in Split, graduated in 1952 and in 1967 received his doctorate with a thesis Contribution to the epidemiology of Q fever in Croatia at the School of Medicine in Zagreb. From 1953 to 1960 he was a general practitioner and head of the municipal health service at the Health Station in Drniš, where by opening an infant counseling center, children's and anti-tuberculosis dispensary, a hygienic-epidemiological department and three regional stations, he enabled the Health Station to grow into a Health Center. He specialized in 1960-62. and began working at the Republic Institute for Health Protection (today the Croatian Institute for Public Health). In 1963 he was appointed head of the epidemiological department, in 1973 he became head of the Sector for Epidemiology and Microbiology, and from 1974 until his retirement in 1991 he was director of the Institute. He began teaching at the School of Medicine in Zagreb in 1963, teaching part-time at the postgraduate study in public health, since 1968 he has taught special epidemiology, in 1972 he received his habilitation, became an associate professor in 1977 and a full professor in 1980. His contribution to the profiling of epidemiology as a practical medical profession and his work on the establishment, organization and expansion of the hygienic-epidemiological service in Croatia is important. Through his work, he has greatly contributed to the improvement of immunization of the population against polio, measles and influenza, as well as the study of natural foci and courses of certain diseases, especially Q fever, tularemia and endemic nephropathy. He also dealt with intestinal infectious diseases and participated in solving several major epidemics of typhoid fever in Omiš, Zagreb and Garešnički Brestovac. He is the author of the textbooks General Epidemiology (Zagreb, 1974) and Special Epidemiology (Zagreb, 1975) for medical schools, which were published in several editions, and he also contributed to the supplementary volume of the Medical Encyclopedia LZ (Zagreb, 1974).

2009 Nikola Peršić, Croatian physician, neuropsychiatrist, died (Neum, 6 December 1920 - Zagreb, 11 July 2009). After completing his medical studies in Zagreb (1947) and specialization in neuropsychiatry (1952), he worked as the head of the Psychiatric Department of the Neuropsychiatric Clinic of the Clinical Hospital Center in Zagreb. After the establishment of the Psychiatric Clinic of the Clinical Hospital Center in Zagreb in 1971, he acted as its head until his retirement in 1986. He was a full professor at the Zagreb School of Medicine (1969-86). He practiced biological and social psychiatry; studied symptomatic psychosis and the working capacity of the mentally ill. Since 1981 he has been a corresponding member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was the president of the Croatian Medical Association (1960-65) and the Association of Medical Societies of Yugoslavia (1964-66). He is one of the founders and the first president of the Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences (1971-83). He is the founder of the journal Socijalna psihijatrija [Social Psychiatry] (1972) and its editor-in-chief. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award (1986).

2026 World Population Day on July 11 is an international day that marks efforts to improve family health and a better quality of life and protect the environment. UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) is an organization that promotes family planning, maternal and child protection, youth reproductive health and sexually transmitted disease prevention, and a better quality of life through various activities.