CROATIAN HEALTH MINISTER VISITS UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Hina) - Croatian Health Minister Andrija Hebrang, and the Croatian Health Insurance Institute's head, Stjepan Turek, visited the United States to attend the conference on economical administration of the public health at the invitation of a world organization called "Project of Hope" and the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical firm. During the four-day conference in Indianapolis and Washington US and British experts informed representatives of 15 European, Asian and African countries of world experiences in calculations of costs of diseases and economical treatment and services of patients. In 1991 Croatian made first contacts with "Project of Hope", a humanitarian agency founded 30 years ago with aims to improve health standards through education and to offer material assistance to less developed countries. Croatian Health Minister Hebrang described the relations with this agency as very good. "Project of Hope" has sent medicines donations to Croatia, worth of about US $ 15 million, since 1991, and the agency has based one of its six European offices in Zagreb. At the end of the conference Minister Hebrang and Mr Turek were informed of the work of the FDA, US Administration institution for control of food and medicines. (hina) mms 091111 MET apr 95