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Somali health information
Below you will find links to health information translated into Somali.
Many of the resources are from overseas, so emergency numbers and contact details may differ.
- Anaemia: Fact sheet, Health Information Translations Somali/English(external link)(external link)
- Asthma – factsheet, Health Information Translations Somali/English(external link)(external link)
- Teething: Fact sheet, Health Information Translations Somali/English(external link)(external link)
- When your doctor refers you to a specialist at the hospital, Refugee Health NZ Somali(external link)(external link) English [PDF, 83 KB]
- Hepatitis B vaccine: What you need to know, Immunization Action Coalition, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Somali(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- Polio vaccine: What you need to know, Immunization Action Coalition, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Somali(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- Prostate cancer – factsheet, Health Information Translations Somali/English(external link)(external link)
- Testicular self-exam – factsheet, Health Information Translations Somali/English(external link)(external link)
- Mental health information(external link)(external link), Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK
- Vitamin D – factsheet, Refugee Health Network NZ and Auckland District Health Board NZ Somali [PDF, 256 KB] English [PDF, 256 KB]
- Iron – factsheet, Refugee Health Network NZ and Auckland District Health Board, NZ Somali English [PDF, 230 KB]
- Calcium – factsheet, Refugee Health Network NZ and Auckland District Health Board, NZ Somali [PDF, 247 KB]
- Chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer, EthnoMed Somali(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- NHS breast screening: Breast leaflet Somali(external link)(external link) NHS breast screening: Program overview English(external link)(external link) NHS Cancer Screening Programmes.
- Signs of labour, Health Information Translations Somali/English(external link)(external link)
- Stages of labour, Health Information Translations Somali/English(external link)(external link)
- Your recovery after caesarean birth, Health Information Translations Somali/English(external link)(external link)
- Your recovery after vaginal birth, Health Information Translations Somali/English(external link)(external link)
Resources in Somali(external link)(external link) covering health services in Aotearoa New Zealand:
- COVID-19 so far and lessons learnt.
- Older person's health services. This covers bowel cancer screening, vaccines, and eligibility.
- COVID-19 antiviral medicine eligibility.
- Immunisations available for you and your family.
- Health services and immunisations for children.
- Health services are available for youth.
- Mental health services.
- Health services for men.
- Health services for women.