In Sumatra, IMC's focus is on both post-tsunami recovery and post-conflict reconciliation and rehab activities. Central to these, IMC works to intergrate clinical mental health services into primary care. Complementary community-based activities include the reconstruction of fishing fleets through a mixture of grants, soft loans and tool loans; essential water and sanitation provision; the re-establishment of traditional women's tailoring groups; and the construction of replacement health facilities. An interim health and mother-and-child health care response through the deployment of mobile clinics with nures, midwives and mental health nurses is also being implemented. A full plan for the rehabilitation of remote areas, including road rehabilitation, drinking water supply, further livelihoods and psychosocial intervention and partnerships with other INGOs working on the fringes of the areas has recently been approved by the authorities. Core staffing capabilities include physicians, nurses, public health practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, wat/san and civil engineers, micro-finance specialists, community mobilizers, communications specialists, and logisiticans.

For mobilization from headquarter, IMC has identified a core group of clinicians, public health practitioners, security specialists and epidemiologists who are able to assist with preparedness and continuity planning, as well as with disease surveillance. IMC has developed a protocol for population-based assessments of of risk behaviors, knowledge gaps and needs within the context of Avian Flu. In addition to a web-portal for context-specific information sharing that will be launched in the New Year, IMC is currently piloting a web-based collaborative crisis management software that will enable users to better prepare for, respond to, and recover from large-scale emergencies, including disease outbreaks.