EMMS International is a modern non-governmental organisation (NGO) that improves healthcare in countries around the world from its base in the UK.

These missionaries worked worldwide, mainly in the Middle East, China, India and Africa, where they trained colleagues and constructed dispensaries and hospitals.

In the 1960s EMMS International had ceased sending missionaries overseas, preferring to work with faith partners and their staff in their own cultures.

[9] Eligibility for the grants requires that students currently be enrolled in a university or college in Scotland, Northern Ireland or a Third World country.

The second objective was to change the churches' view about medical missionaries and to convince them that these missions were crucial to their work serving God.

From 1841 to 1851, the EMMS largely funded special lectures on the topic of medical missionaries and how to serve people in need.

[15] One of the founding directors of the EMMS, Dr. Peter David Handyside FRSE, established a medical mission dispensary to serve the Irish residing in Edinburgh upon the urging of Rev.

[21] In 1895, a graduate of the Edinburgh University, Dr. Neil MacVicar founded his own branch hospital at the Blantyre Mission in Malawi.

[22] The EMMS currently supports four Emmanuel Healthcare Association (EHA) projects in India: Madhipura, Fatehpur, Prem Jyoti and Delhi AIDS.

[29] The EMMS helped develop a new ward for the hospital with a specialized incubator for low birth weight babies that are frequent in the region.

The health program began in 1996 and, since its registration as a hospital in 2006, has expanded to provide medical aid and education to 172 villages of the Malto people.

[35] With the EMMS's funding, the Shalom Delhi AIDS program has been able to care for more than 1300 newly registered HIV positive patients.

[35] The Christian message of the EMMS has been valued by the project and has contributed to the holistic care that it seeks to provide to its patients and family members.

[38] The EMMS aided the INF's Surkhet clinic in transitioning toward providing a TB and a leprosy wing for its patients.

Using the special funds portion of the EMMS's contributions, the ISP also opened a general hospital that served rural villagers.

[39] According to Alan Barker, the ISP Programme Support manager, there has been an increase in the visits of mothers to health facilities for pre- and post-natal care.

[43] To supplement this training, he published a set of lectures that would enable an African assistant to carry out simple medical procedures, such as dressing wounds, without observation.

[49] Moreover, MacVicar sought to have in-patient care so as to avoid forcing the patients to walk many miles to receive treatment each day.

[53] The David Gordon Memorial Hospital (DGM) – Livingstonia is located in an isolated northern region of Malawi and was established in 1910.

[57] This equipment has included an ultrasound scanner, a solar power unit, and a water supply purifier for the hospital facilities.

[57] Through its financial support, the hospital has expanded its treatment capabilities to include four clinics in neighboring towns of Luwichi, Mlowe, Zunga, and Tcharo.

[58] The new wing of the center includes 8 beds for pre-natal and post-natal care, an advanced delivery room, and a neo-natal ICU.

[60] The EMMS was also instrumental in getting a grant of £137,000 from the Scottish Government International Development Fund to establish a community health program at the hospital.

[62] The Tiyanjane Clinic offers palliative care to people with HIV and AIDS who have been treated at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH).

[66] In addition to its formal publications, the EMMS maintains a website and blog to update readers on its accomplishments and to bring more support.

[69] The blog quotes Biblical passages, such as Ephesians 6:12, to explain the EMMS's role as a Christian medical missionary organization .

[72] In addition to the bike rides, the EMMS suggests that anyone who wishes to donate can join a fundraiser that other organizations lead.

These "open challenges" come from organizations that the EMMS lists on its website that include Classic Tours, Discover Adventure, Travel2Give, and Different Travel.

[74] To ensure the safety of the riders, the EMMS requires them to get the proper vaccinations and health screenings needed for each region that they will visit.

However, it does "not knowingly [make] investments in companies which, to any significant degree, manufacture, or deal in, armaments, alcoholic beverages, gambling, pornography, or tobacco.