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Health in Harmony supports an innovative program in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, that partners with local communities to integrate high quality, affordable health care with strategies to protect the threatened rain forest. Vision Global health for all depends on linking human and environmental health at the local level.
Health In Harmony works at the intersection of personal and environmental health, saving lives and critical rainforest habitat through its support of Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI). The long version translates as: "healthy nature everlasting" and ASRI is an Indonesian word meaning "harmoniously balanced." Project ASRI partners with local communities in West Kalimantan, Indonesia to integrate high quality, affordable health care with strategies to protect the threatened rain forests of Gunung Palung National Park. Project ASRI serves local health needs at affordable prices, and allows patients to pay for their care through conservation-oriented and environmentally-friendly labor. While care is never denied to anyone, an incentive program provides additional powerful incentives to communities who demonstrate that they are not participating in illegal logging activities. Project ASRI works in conjunction with the local government and communities to:
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