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Baal Perazim Wellness & Health Services Inc. provides important wellness & health resources through a variety of programs and partnerships. We believe the assets needed to promote wellness should be distributed equally to all Chicagoans, regardless of background or social determinants.
Baal Perazim Wellness, Inc and Baal Perazim Wellness & Health Services develops and manages community-based programs that break through barriers to providing wellness & health services to ALL Chicagoans. Take a look at a few of our ongoing efforts programs to confront the inequality, disparity, and inequity of primary health care services throughout Chicago, and beyond.
In partnership with Chicago department of public health, The Wellness Home Initiative is now offering low barrier access to monkeypox assessment, testing & vaccination. (MPV-ATV)
Wellness Home Behavioral Health locations are strategically located in close proximity to Wellness Home sites providing Primary or Immediate Health Care services to collaborate seamlessly to provide true Integrative Wellness & Health Services. This allows us to deliver on our commitment to provide care for the Mind, Body, and Soul of our clients.
The Wellness Homes Initiative began in 2018 to respond to troubling discrepancies in medical care throughout Chicago, which have led to massive inequities in health outcomes. There are many reasons for this phenomenon, many of which are extremely complicated and have long, troubling histories. Learn more about how our Wellness Homes are making a difference.
Wellness Home on Halsted is participating in an important initiative with the City of Chicago to provide vaccines for Monkeypox. Please continue reading to see if you may have been exposed.
Symptoms of Monkeypox include:
Fever, Headache. Muscle aches and back aches, Swollen lymph nodes, Chills and Exhaustion. Additionally, a rash that can look like pimples or blisters that appears on the face, inside the mouth, and on other parts of the body, like the hands, feet, chest, genitals or anus.
Individuals at risk of having contracted Monkeypox include: People with known exposure to Monkeypox; Individuals that attended a sex party, bathhouse, or similar event; Sex workers, OR Individuals that have had 2 or more sexual partners in the last 14 days.
If you fit into any of the above categories, we urge you to consider receiving the Monkeypox vaccine at our Wellness Home location in Bridgeport at 3416 S Halsted Street. For more information please call 773-823-9434 or email a.mitchell@wellnesshome.org .
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