The Sharewood Project is a free healthcare organization run by Tufts medical

The Sharewood Project is a free healthcare organization run by Tufts medical students, volunteer physicians, and Tufts undergraduates. Sharewood opens its doors to the public every Tuesday night from 6:30 to 9PM at the First Church of Malden. We offer healthcare services to individuals from under-served communities in the Greater Boston area completely free of charge. The Sharewood Project consists of a general medical
clinic and an STD/HIV testing clinic. We also provide eye exams and dental care one week each month, as well as case management services by connecting patients with primary care physicians, health insurance, and any other social services that may need.

For more information, please visit our website at: www.sharewood.info.

Sharewood’s Medical Services
• Primary care medicine
• Confidential HIV, sexual health, and STD testing and counseling
• Hepatitis B screening
• Mental health services
• Annual flu shots (seasonal and H1N1)
• Case management services
• Laboratory testing
• Vision and optical services
• Dental screenings

Who Sharewood Serves

Health Insurance:
• 79% do not have health insurance
• 15% have health insurance, mostly Mass Health

Language and Ethnicity:
• Only 52% speak English as a primary language, with Mandarin, Spanish, French,
Creole, and Portuguese as common languages

Recent Voluntary Patient Data:
• Ages: 2-76 (most are in their 20s and 50s)
• 52% from Malden (the remainder from Greater Boston and north of the city)
• Over half of the patients were not born in the US and 20% have lived in the US
for less than one year.
• 64% are new patients and about 30% are returning
• 34% work, 23% unemployed, 20% students, 8% retired

For more information, please contact:

Daniel J. Slate
President, Undergraduate Board
Daniel.Slate@tufts.edu
508-560-1823