Organized by the Zagreb Institute for Health Culture and the Center for Palliative Medicine, Medical Ethics and Communication Skills of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zagreb, in the Pastoral Center "St. Bono" in Vukovarthe 3rd Croatian conference on the protection and improvement of the health of Croatian veterans and their family members was held with international participation under the title "On the front line of health". The aim of the conference is to show that through the exchange of knowledge and constructive dialogue can help with the prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care of the veteran population with expert knowledge, quality communication and togetherness. 

Projects "On the front line of health" was presented for the first time at the round table as part of IV. of the Croatian congress on prevention and rehabilitation in psychiatry with international participation, which took place in Zagreb in 2015. It was then concluded that numerous scientific, professional, educational and public health activities dedicated to the health of Croatian veterans from the Homeland War and their family members, as well as other victims of the Homeland War, will be launched as part of the above-mentioned project. 

The previous two national conferences dedicated to this topic were held in 2015 and 2016 in Zagreb, and then conclusions were reached on the activities that this project will deal with in the coming years. Thus, the 5th Croatian congress on prevention and rehabilitation in psychiatry was held in Osijek with international participation entitled "On the front line of health" and the 2nd Croatian congress of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy with international participation entitled "Together in war - together in health" which was held in Karlovac in 2019. Since then, 104 Croatian veterans have completed training on volunteering in palliative care and have joined palliative care teams as volunteers.

The president of the Organizing Committee attended the conference Prof. Ph.D.Sc. Marijana Braš, president of the Scientific Committee Prof. Ph.D.Sc. Veljko Djordjevic and the president of the Croatian Cardiology Society and head of the Clinic for Heart and Blood Vessel Diseases KBC Zagreb academician Davor Miličić. In the name of Vukovarthe head of the administrative department for health and social care of the sko-srijem county attended the conference and addressed the audience Mario Adamović.