A delegation of American specialists consisting of the health programs advisor of the Kyiv office of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Aghma Prin, a specialist of the nutrition division of the global health bureau of the Washington office of this organization, Monique Mosolf, and other representatives of the organization was on a two-day visit to Lutsk, during which it analyzed the activity of the Ukrainian-American Health Center, which implements the project "Prevention of Congenital Developmental Defects." Under the leadership of the head of the Department of Medical Genetics of the University of South Alabama, Volodymyr Verteletskyi, it has been operating in Volyn since 1999. The results of the observations determined whether the center would receive funding for the next, so far the only one in Ukraine, project on enriching flour with folic acid. As noted by the deputy head of the health care administration in the Volyn region, Hanna Mikulska, due to the fact that all the conditions of the grantor have been fulfilled and even more: not only the workers of the Bread Products Combine but also the mill are ready for cooperation, the Americans will finance this project. \n