INA-RESPOND is a research partnership between the Government of Indonesia and the Government of the United States established under the Implementing Arrangement on Infectious Disease Research between the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Ministry of
Health of the Republic of Indonesia.
This arrangement forms part of the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, signed on 29 March 2010 in Jakarta.
The establishment and implementation of INA-RESPOND activities in Indonesia are further supported by several Minister of Health decrees :
- Minister of Health Decree No. 285/MENKES/SK/VIII/2013 on the Indonesia Research Partnership on Infectious Diseases Team
- Minister of Health Decree No. HK.01.07/MENKES/248/2017 on the Indonesia Infectious Disease Research Team
Further institutional strengthening was formalized through :
Director General of Advanced Health Decree No. HK.02.02/D/3167/2025 on the INA-RESPOND Secretariat.