Proceedings of Annual International Conference Syiah Kuala University - Social Sciences Chapter
Vol 10 (2020): the 10th AIC on Social Sciences, Syiah Kuala University

The Gambia Government Social Networking Coordination-Preparedness and Response to COVID-19

Mbassi Sanneh (Graduate Program of Disaster Science, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia The Gambia National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), The Republic of the Gambia)
Khairul Munadi (Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC), Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia)
Alfi Rahman (Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC), Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Feb 2021

Abstract

The 95th National Situation Report revealed that The Gambia has 61 confirmed cases, 27 recoveries, and 3 died as of July 5, 2020. Cases are mostly imported with few local transfers. COVID-19 has now gone beyond health crisis which required a holistic coordination approach to curb the virus lessons learned from countries. The fight is an all-inclusive networking approach to curb the spread. The research objective is to map out government social networking and teamwork preparedness and responding to COVID-19. The methodology of the research is a qualitative approach through online literature reviewing newspapers, reports, and articles. The secondary source of data was also harvested from the Gambia National COVID-19 Response Plan 2020. This mapping aims to identify and know partnership collaboration and interaction as a team working towards the objectives and goal for preparedness and response to prevent repetition of efforts. Social Networking Analysis (SNA) becomes a tool for social network limelight showing the connection for coordination, interaction, communication on common interests, shared values, financial exchanges, and standard operating procedures against the implementation of COVID-19 programs. There will be the maximisation of duplication of resources and efforts and informed decisions on who is doing what, where, when, and how.

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