Below you will find links to health information translated into Somali. Many of the following resources are from overseas, so emergency numbers and contact details may differ. In NZ, contact your local health clinic or dial 111 in an emergency.
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Anaemia
- Anaemia: Fact sheet, Health Information Translations Somali/English
Asthma
- Asthma – factsheet, Health Information Translations Somali/English
Children 
- Teething: Fact sheet, Health Information Translations Somali/English
- Well Child: Refugee health NZ, Ministry of Health NZ Somali (2.5 MB)
Diabetes
- Diabetes prevention, Auckland District Health Board NZ & Diabetes Projects Trust NZ Somali (pdf, 1 page), 2011
Health services
Immunisation
- Hepatitis B vaccine: What you need to know, Immunization Action Coalition, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Somali English
- Polio vaccine: What you need to know, Immunization Action Coalition, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Somali English
Infections
Men’s health
- Prostate cancer – factsheet, Health Information Translations Somali/English
- Testicular self-exam – factsheet, Health Information Translations Somali/English
Mental health
- Mental health information, Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK
Nutrition
- Healthy family food, Refugee Health NZ and Ministry of Health NZ Somali English
- Vitamin D – factsheet, Refugee Health Network NZ and Auckland District Health Board NZ Somali English (pdf, 1 page), 2012
- Iron – factsheet, Refugee Health Network NZ and Auckland District Health Board, NZ Somali English (pdf, 1 page), 2012
- Calcium – factsheet, Refugee Health Network NZ and Auckland District Health Board, NZ Somali English (pdf, 1 page), 2014
Oral health
Smoking
- Quit Line NZ Quit NZ – Phone: 0800 778 778.
- Never smoke around children – Somali version HealthEd, NZ, 2007
Women’s health
- Chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer, EthnoMed Somali English , 2010
- Maternity services in New Zealand: Choices for childbirth, Refugee Health NZ and Maternity Services Consumer Council Somali English
- NHS breast screening: Breast leaflet Somali NHS breast screening: Program overview English NHS Cancer Screening Programmes.
- Signs of labour, Health Information Translations Somali/English
- Stages of labour, Health Information Translations Somali/English
- Your recovery after caesarean birth, Health Information Translations Somali/English
- Your recovery after vaginal birth, Health Information Translations Somali/English
Find more translated health information at Health Translations, Australia.