Grameen has its own series of health initiatives: a profitable eye hospital doing cataract surgeries and health clinics attached to some Grameen branches that recover over 90% of their costs. BRAC has a different approach, which has now been replicated in Uganda. It sets up women in the business of selling non-prescription drugs and other health products. They go that last mile in helping their peers to understand why modern medicine is important and they give referrals to local doctors.
As in rich societies, but even more so, there are a lot of myths about health care, education, and the modern world. Who better to demystify this for poor people than one of their peers? Setting a poor person up in business to deliver health care products and health care information is probably the single biggest way to break through some of the superstitions that prevent people from adopting their own solutions.