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This guest asked how the higher education system “albeit relatively weak“ can be used to spread awareness about ways to prevent Ebola.
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Thomas Crick from the Carter Center underscored the struggles the police and judiciary are facing including the spread of Ebola in some prison populations and the low pay of police.
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Former IFES Senior Program Manager for Francophone Africa Greg Kehailia poses questions to the panelists.
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Maureen Sieh (IREX Liberia), Thomas K. Crick (The Carter Center), Matthew Parry (IFES) listen to guests during the question and answer portion of the event.
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A guest during poses a question to the panel.
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Maureen Sieh of IREX talks about how local media and international media have covered the Ebola outbreak in stark contrast to each other.
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IFES Senior Program Manager for Africa Matthew Parry emphasizes the role civil society organizations can play in educating the Liberian electorate on the electoral calendar and voting procedures.
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Lyn Gray of IREX discusses the struggles of healthcare workers to access parts of Liberia.
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IFES Senior Program Manager for Africa Matthew Parry highlights the complex challenges facing the election commission and other stakeholders in the electoral process.
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From left to right: Kevin Rubio (IREX), Lyn Gray (IREX Liberia), Maureen Sieh (IREX Liberia), Thomas K. Crick (The Carter Center), Matthew Parry (IFES) and Brett Sedgewick (Global Communities)
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IREX President Robert Pearson welcomes the panel and guests at the start of the discussion.