On September 30, International Medical Corps’ Syria team welcomed representatives from the European Union (EU)—including Maciej Popowski, Director General of the European Commission, and Michelle Cicic, Head of Office for Syria at ECHO, the EU’s aid agency—to the mobile medical team (MMT) in Misraba, Rural Damascus, where they witnessed firsthand the strength and resilience of Syrian families relying on our medical services.
The Misraba MMT has been operational since the COVID-19 pandemic and has received the EU’s support since April 2023. This support has enabled us to provide a wide range of healthcare services—internal medicine, paediatric care, gynaecology, secondary healthcare referrals, and mental health and psychosocial support—to Syrian civilians affected by the country’s protracted conflict.
“The community’s increasing interest in mental health services reflects growing awareness and trust in our work,” says Dr. Hussam, Internal Medicine Specialist and Team Leader at the Misraba MMT. “The EU’s support enables us to maintain and expand these vital services.”
The MMT operates three days a week in Misraba and two days in Adra Al-Balad, providing healthcare support to more than 100 people per day on average. Between April 2024 and August 2025, the MMT in Misraba provided nearly 21,000 consultations to more than 9,200 people.
During their recent visit, Popowski and Cicic witnessed how local communities rely on International Medical Corps’ services, given the limited operational capacity of public health centres in the area. They said they appreciated our integrated service-delivery model, which combines primary, mental and maternal healthcare within one team.
“I have been receiving medical services from International Medical Corps for a year now, and I’m very satisfied with the care and attention I get,” a patient at the Misraba MMT told the visiting officials.
