Between January and September 2025, cross-sectoral teams from Ghana, the Gambia and Liberia went through CABRI’s Building Public Finance Capabilities for Nutrition programme, applying the problem-driven iterative adaptation (PDIA) approach to problems related to inadequate domestic financing for nutrition interventions.

The programme concluded on 25 September where country-teams shared their PDIA journey and how they have attempted to address coordination issues, financing gaps and weak oversight to improve nutrition outcomes in their countries.

Prior to the webinar, the country-teams met in Ghana for the progress review workshop. We spoke to Charlotte Sarpong, Principal Budget Analyst at the Ministry of Finance, Ghana, Eyea P. Sarlie, Acting SSE Director, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Liberia and Fatoumatta Daffeh, Fiscal Officer, Ministry of Finance & Economic Affairs, The Gambia.

They address the factors contributing to food insecurity and malnutrition in their country, the challenges in funding nutrition programmes, and their key takeaways from the programme.

The BPFCN programme is funded by the EU/BMZ and implemented by GIZ.