As far as helping children in other countries, another big medical ministry outreach is to Tibet, where one in 10 kids have enlarged hearts due to the high altitude of their homeland. The government welcomes medical missionaries (whereas any other type of missionary is not allowed). This is one chance to open the native population up to hearing the gospel.
And it also enhances the boundaries of medicine, as these kids are either flown to the US for treatment, or US physicians are flown overseas to provide treatment, often in conjunction with foreign doctors.
The interaction between support medical personnel with families is often where the missionary activity takes place, one on one.
CDIB Certificate of degree of Indian Blood. You have to be on a tribe's geneological list or you can't prove you are Indian.
Lots of Okies have Indian blood, but can't prove it, but a lot of part Indians who lose their insurance do the geneological investigation to get free medical care. My patient was one quarter, I.E. he had one full blooded Indian grandparent, so he qualified for free care when he got heart problems.
In most states, Indians are on reservations, and the only clinics are those run by the Indian Health Service. In Oklahoma, there is a lot of Assimilation, and no reservations, but they still run Indian clinics for those who can't afford regular medical care in rural areas. We have a clinic 45 minutes from our town, and people come to us and sometimes go there...