The United States is to help Indonesia fight bird flu through laboratory upgrades and by boosting surveillance.
Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari, speaking after talks with visiting US Health Secretary Mike Leavitt, said the US government had thanked Indonesia for its efforts to combat the deadly virus.
"They will help us in lab improvements, surveillance and other aspects. They told us they are extremely ready to do that," Mr Supari said.
In the past week, Mr Leavitt has travelled to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to get first-hand information on the deadly virus.
Experts fear the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which has killed more than 60 people in Southeast Asia and spread to birds in Europe, could mutate into a virus that passes easily among humans, triggering a pandemic that might kill millions.
The United States has pledged $25 million to the region for training, supplies, lab equipment, village-based surveillance systems and public education.
There have been five confirmed cases in humans in Indonesia of the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza since July, comprising three deaths and two people being treated.
Some health experts worry Indonesia is not showing enough urgency in tackling bird flu, and there has been virtually no mass culling of chickens.