“Enhancing Gambian Authorities’ Preparedness and Response to COVID-19”, is a USD 200,000 project financed by the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration. It was implemented over a 12-month period. The project, which closed on August 31, 2021, was meant to assist the Government of The Gambia, to prepare and respond to the COVID-19 outbreak by providing operational and technical support in migration and health. The project focused on achieving five key outcomes:
- Improved coordination and partnership among key actors working at POEs
- Through the Risk Communication and Community Engagement, improved hygiene practices and barrier measures and decrease stigma and discrimination among migrants, mobile populations, and border communities
- Enhanced surveillance and preparedness at select points of entry (POEs) and border communities
- Enhanced Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) at border communities to promote Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
- Improved household incomes for informal cross-border traders and households.