Last Mile Health (A)

As the Ebola outbreak threatens the fragile health system of Liberia, Raj Panjabi, the founder of Last Mile Health, faces a dilemma: should he expand beyond the organizaton's core mission to help the country build emergency health care capacity, or should he stick to his knitting? Panjabi, a Liberian who immigrated with his family to the United States during the Liberian Civil War, founded Last Mile Health as a non-profit organization to recruit and train community health workers to reach remote rural communities with basic health services. The case traces the founding and early years of Last Mile Health, before the organization has to decide whether they pursue a significant amount of new funding to expand into other areas.