Established in 2023 with seed investment from the Gates Foundation, FCDP is a SUN Movement resource available to all 66 SUN countries. The platform aims to reshape the nutrition financing landscape by inspiring and igniting government leaders to elevate nutrition financing as a priority and accelerate impact across sectors.

In the first phase of the platform, FCDP established itself as a key resource for SUN countries working closely with the SUN Movement Secretariat. FCDP supported several countries with technical assistance and capacity strengthening (including Nigeria, Ethiopia, Senegal, Somalia, Pakistan), worked with partners to host regional convenings in Africa and Asia, and generated key learnings including new lessons on nutrition budget tagging and tracking in the Asia region with Capacity for Nutrition (C4N).

This new phase of the platform is managed by R4D UK and guided by FCDP’s Roadmap and Results Framework 2026–2028.

“FCDP has proven to be an invaluable resource to SUN countries and R4D UK is pleased to host the platform in its new phase and moving forward. Our expertise in innovations and systems learning together with nutrition financing means that the support we provide countries is always fit for purposes and of the highest quality” said R4D UK Director, Tom Feeny.

FCDP’s vision of success to support SUN countries includes the following long-term goals:

1. Greater sustainability of funding to ensure programs that offer important nutrition actions are uninterrupted and government owned.
2. Increased funding for nutrition-aligned country priorities across sectors and all sources — public and external.
3. More strategic use of funding that ensures government-owned policies and programs enhance the achievement of food and nutrition targets.

Working closely with the SUN Movement Secretariat (SMS) and our collaborators including the World Bank, UNICEF, C4N and others, FCDP is helping to shape a new agenda for sustainable nutrition financing with country governments leading the way.

Learn more about the Finance Capacity Development Platform for Scaling Up Nutrition countries here.

For inquiries please contact the FCDP Project Manager, Abbe McCarter.

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Ms. Zues has extensive experience supporting ministries of health and national purchasers to design and implement strategic purchasing reforms. She has led the development of service specifications, payment mechanisms, contracting arrangements, and performance monitoring systems under Programs of Medical Guarantees, including reforms for PHC, hospital care, maternal and child health, and noncommunicable diseases. Her work includes designing risk-adjusted capitation models for PHC in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan; leading costing studies for rehabilitation, telemedicine, and TB services in Ukraine and Uzbekistan; and supporting DRG-based hospital payment reforms in Ukraine, Ghana, Vietnam, and Uzbekistan. She has also modeled annual budgets to assess financial risks for providers and purchasing agencies and advised governments on policies related to pooling, provider autonomy, and benefit design. In addition, she has strengthened ministry capacity to coordinate cross-sector reforms within sector-wide approaches (SWAp) and supported the use of costing data and National Health Accounts to inform resource allocation.

Ms. Zues brings deep expertise in TB financing and service delivery reform. She has led TB system mapping and facility-level costing; designed case-based payment models and laboratory payment approaches; and developed incentives to strengthen TB detection and treatment within PHC. She has supported the inclusion of TB services in State Medical Guarantee Programs and the design of TB contracting arrangements for national purchasers. She has also facilitated regional learning exchanges across Eastern Europe and Central Asia to build capacity in TB payment reform and contributed to multi-country assessments in Sub-Saharan Africa to address financial barriers to TB, HIV, and malaria services.

As a senior fellow at Results for Development (R4D), Ms. Zues supports the Rehab4U project, leading a national rehabilitation costing study in Ukraine to inform revisions to payment systems under the Program of Medical Guarantees (PMG) and supporting strategic purchasing dialogue with the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU) and development partners.

Publications:

• Estimating Resources Associated with Delivering Telemedicine Services at Facility Level in Ukraine | Local Health System Sustainability Project, 2024
• Ukraine: Review of Health Ukraine Health Financing Reform: Progress and Future Directions. 2022
• Ukraine: Review of Health Financing Reforms 2016–2019: WHO–World Bank Joint Report, 2020

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This brief examines how member countries of the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN) Foundational Reforms for Financing and Delivery of PHC Collaborative allocate public resources to PHC and the implications for access, equity, and system performance. Drawing on experiences from 14 countries, it explores common barriers to effective resource allocation, including fragmented funding sources, low visibility of PHC in budgets, and reliance on historical and input-based allocation methods.

The brief highlights practical approaches countries are using to improve resource allocation for PHC, such as population- and needs-based formulas, program-based budgeting, and mechanisms to better align financing with national priorities and local health needs. It offers policy-relevant insights for decision-makers seeking to ensure that PHC funding is allocated more transparently, equitably, and strategically so resources reach primary care providers and contribute meaningfully to universal health coverage goals.

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