Serbia: Mobile Medical Clinic
3,355 Health Consultations Provided to Refugees: Q4 2018
February 01, 2019
Mirko Rudić, Dr. Dragana Marković, and the RMF Balkans Team
Summary of Activities
Since January 2016, RMF Balkans has been responding to the refugee crisis in Serbia by providing comprehensive protection and medical services to persons of concern. Our teams began by working 24/7 throughout the Belgrade city center, and when most refugees and migrants in the area were relocated to refugee camps, RMF Balkans and its medical services moved to the camps along with our patients.
RMF Balkans continued to build and maintain partnerships through the following activities:
- Continued to participate in monthly health cluster meetings in Belgrade, conducted by the Ministry of Health and supported by the World Health Organization and the heads of Serbian health centers. At the meetings, we assessed and discussed medical needs, priorities, and service gaps for this period as well as next year in an effort to build the capacity of health systems to respond to the refugee and migrant situation.
- Participated in weekly coordination meetings conducted in Obrenovac by the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration and supported by all organizations working at the Obrenovac Reception and Transit Centre: Save the Children, Center for Youth Integration, Caritas, Oxfam, Danish Refugee Council, SOS Children’s Villages, Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation, and International Organization for Migration.
- Participated in meetings with the Director of Obrenovac Health Centre as needed.
- Communicated with the Institute for Public Health through weekly reports.

Results &
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Healthcare Services
Providing Consistent Care
At Obrenovac Reception and Transit Centre, the RMF Balkans team provides primary healthcare services from 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM, seven days a week.
During this reporting period, RMF Balkans provided a total of 3,355 health consultations in the Obrenovac camp and Belgrade city center in collaboration with partners.

Building Understanding
Helping Refugee Men
From October to December 2018, all of the Mobile Medical Clinic’s beneficiaries were men. Most were from Afghanistan (46) and Pakistan (45). Patients’ ages ranged from 18 to over 60 years old.
RMF Balkans also provides translation and cultural mediation services to refugees at Obrenovac Reception and Transit Centre and in the Belgrade city center.

Necessary Service
Meeting the Need
Transportation and escort services to secondary and tertiary care institutions continue to be a key challenge for the Ministry of Health and Commissariat for Refugees and Migration, and RMF Balkans is still the only organization in Obrenovac Reception and Transit Centre which is providing these services for refugees and migrants.
From October to December, 238 people were referred to medical care facilities in Belgrade and Obrenovac.

Background
& Objectives
Background
RMF provides primary healthcare and emergency triage services at our Obrenovac Transit Centre mobile medical clinic from 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM, 5 days a week. The work is implemented by a medical team consisting of 1 to 2 doctors, 1 cultural mediator/translator, and 2 drivers. This ensures that emergency cases arriving at the clinic can immediately access referrals to secondary and tertiary care facilities. By providing primary healthcare services, referrals, and cultural mediation, RMF improves the wellbeing of refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers in Belgrade and Obrenovac.
Objectives
- Improve the health status and overall wellbeing of refugees in Obrenovac Reception and Transit Centre and greater Belgrade.
- Provide medical and translation services to refugees and act as cultural mediators for them at public institutions in Serbia.
- Refer, transport, and escort refugees and asylum seekers to secondary and tertiary medical care facilities in Belgrade.

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