Jakarta, March 6 -- The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology encouraged Indonesia and the United Kingdom to collaborate in health research ready for downstreaming and public impact.

"We want multidisciplinary work using collaborative frameworks among partnerships and institutions. Therefore, we encourage Indonesia in this partnership to strengthen national competitiveness by improving research quality," the ministry's Director of Research and Development Fauzan Adziman said on Friday.

Adziman added strategic partnerships with United Kingdom institutions open opportunities to strengthen researcher capacity, accelerate technology transfer and develop collaborative international research funding models.

"Through this progr...