streetside health project

The Street-Side Health Project provides drug users and sex workers with primary medical care and family planning services at the Harm Reduction Center and in conjunction with the Syringe Exchange Program using a mobile medical clinic. Coordinated by a nurse pracitioner and staffed by volunteer medical students and physicians, services are provided free of charge without regard to insurance.

The project provides participants with:

  • HIV and Hepatitis testing and counseling

  • screening and treatment for sexual transmitted infections

  • family planning counseling

  • access to various methods of birth control (condoms, the pill, patch, or DEPO)

  • pregnancy testing

  • vaccination and treatment for Hepatitis A and B and Influenza

  • physical and gyneological exams

  • blood sugar and blood pressure screenings

  • treatment for upper-respiratory infections, wounds, and abscesses