WASHINGTON, July 16 (Hina) - A delegation of Croatia's ministries of health and finances on Friday concluded in Washington negotiations on a second World Bank loan for the reform of the Croatian health sector. The US$29 million loan
should officially be granted at a September session of the bank's administration board. The loan would be paid out in the period between 2000 and 2004, and Croatia would pay it back over the next 15 years, with a five-year grace period. The World Bank loan, alongside US$11 million from the Croatian state budget, would continue a process of modernisation of the Croatian health sector which began with a similar loan in 1995. Over the next four years, Croatia should launch several health projects. Koprivnica-Krizevci County has been selected to test a new model of organisation and work of health institutions. The model could, with some improvements, be applied throughou
WASHINGTON, July 16 (Hina) - A delegation of Croatia's ministries
of health and finances on Friday concluded in Washington
negotiations on a second World Bank loan for the reform of the
Croatian health sector.
The US$29 million loan should officially be granted at a September
session of the bank's administration board. The loan would be paid
out in the period between 2000 and 2004, and Croatia would pay it
back over the next 15 years, with a five-year grace period.
The World Bank loan, alongside US$11 million from the Croatian
state budget, would continue a process of modernisation of the
Croatian health sector which began with a similar loan in 1995.
Over the next four years, Croatia should launch several health
projects. Koprivnica-Krizevci County has been selected to test a
new model of organisation and work of health institutions. The
model could, with some improvements, be applied throughout
Croatia, said Assistant Health Minister Katja Matijevic.
There is also a separate project on fighting heart and coronary
diseases, and one on the establishment of 19 emergency centres.
Part of the World Bank loan will be used to improve conditions in the
public health sector and the sector's reform process.
The World Bank expressed special interest in taking part in the
costs of destroying medicines past their validity date, medicines
Croatia received in donations during the Homeland War. The World
Bank intends to use experience gained in Croatia in other countries
faced with the same problem.
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