Monrovia
City in Liberia. Part of Liberia.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| How I Learned to Understand the World | Hans Rosling | subject | Monrovia is the feared epicentre of exponential ebola growth, with full treatment facilities and slums; Rosling later works there and maps cases and contacts across the city. |
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How I Learned to Understand the World — Hans Rosling (2019)
Source: How I Learned to Understand the World · Readwise highlight
Already by the beginning of September, people were dying in the streets of Monrovia, Liberia’s capital city, something that had not happened in modern times except during wartime or because of a natural disaster.
- Role: subject
- In the book: Monrovia is the feared epicentre of exponential ebola growth, with full treatment facilities and slums; Rosling later works there and maps cases and contacts across the city. By December new cases fall below ten per day and 600 beds sit empty.
- Why it matters: The whole chapter turns on a capital with large slums and an international airport, which Rosling says made ebola a global threat.