Malaysia is a Newton Fund partner country. Established in 2014, the Newton-Ungku Omar Fund (NUOF) is a science and innovation partnership between the UK and Malaysia aimed at promoting the prosperity and wellbeing of the Malaysian people through fundamental and translational research, as well as capacity building activities.
In the past 30 years, Malaysia has successfully curtailed high poverty rates and reduced income inequalities. Its goal is to attain high income status while ensuring that prosperity is shared.
With less than 1 percent of Malaysian households living in extreme poverty, the government’s focus has shifted toward addressing the well-being of the poorest 40 percent of the population. To fully realise its human potential and fulfil the country’s aspiration of achieving the high-income and developed country status, Malaysia will need to advance further in education, health and nutrition, and social protection outcomes. (World Bank, 2020).
Priorities for Malaysia
New mobile app to diagnose TB
Tuberculosis is one of leading causes of deaths worldwide and is particularly prevalent in rural areas of South East Asia. Scientists have developed a new mobile phone app to diagnose the disease in a matter of minutes. The technology could revolutionise treatment in low-income countries where...
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Newton Fund Malaysia Evaluation
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In the past 30 years, Malaysia has successfully curtailed high poverty rates and reduced income inequalities. Its goal is to attain high income status while ensuring that prosperity is shared.
With less than 1% of Malaysian households living in extreme poverty, the government’s focus has shifted toward addressing the well-being of the poorest 40 percent of the population. To fully realise its human potential and fulfil the country’s aspiration of achieving the high-income and developed country status, Malaysia will need to advance further in education, health and nutrition, and social protection outcomes. (World Bank, 2020).
Funding opportunities
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