BRAC is also well known for its health care innovations and programs. Here,too,BRAC used paraprofessionals from the villages in which it works for example, in large-scale activities such
as the directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) for TB and training for oral rehydration therapy (ORT). The DOTS program exemplifies the roles in BRAC of monitoring and evaluation,waiting
until a program is working smoothly and shows clear evidence of positive impact before replicating it so as to reach a very wide population. BRAC then proceeds to relentlessly work to reach a very
wide a population. a process known as "bringing to scale"
To bring needed services to the poor, BRAC has had to innovate. many of BRAC's programs, including its "microcredit-plus" non-formal primary education,health,and legal education programs, have been emulated in other countries, though not yet on the same scale, BRAC continues to innovate with new ventures such as the targeting the ultra-poor proogram