The initiative was part of the Medical-Civilian Assistance Programme, or MEDCAP, which has been operating throughout the US-led Multi-National Brigade (East) sector in Kosovo since 1999, when NATO launched its KFOR peacekeeping mission in the province.
Inicijativa je pokrenuta u okviru programa za medicinsko-civilnu pomoć, MEDCAP, koji se od 1999, kada je NATO pokrenuo svoju mirovnu misiju (KFOR) u pokrajini, sprovodi širom sektora Multinacionalne brigade Istok na Kosovu, koju predvode američke snage.