Below you will find links to health information translated into Dari & Farsi. 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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Asthma
- Healthy living toolkit: What is asthma? U.S Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Farsi (see page 1, pdf, 46 pages) English (2 pages, pdf, 2.1 MB).
Children
- First foods for babies, Victorian Refugee Health Network, Australia Dari English (pdf, 2 pages).
Diabetes
- Healthy living toolkit: What is diabetes? U.S Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Farsi (see page 11, pdf, 46 pages English
- Diabetes prevention, Auckland District Health Board NZ & Diabetes Projects Trust NZ Dari English(pdf, 1 page), 201
Health services
- NZ health services, Refugee Health NZ Dari English (pdf, 2 pages)
Heart disease, high blood pressure
- Healthy living toolkit: Nutrition related diseases – Heart disease, U.S Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Farsi (see page 21, pdf, 46 pages) English (see page 47, pdf, 87 pages).
- Heart diseases: How treatments can help, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Australia Farsi English (pdf, 2 pages)
Infections
- Rubella information (special emphasis for women of childbearing age), NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Australia Farsi (pdf, 2 pages) English (pdf, 3 pages)
- Tuberculosis: Fact sheet, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Australia Farsi English (pdf, 2 pages)
- Tuberculin skin test, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Australia Farsi (pdf, 2 pages) English (pdf, 1 page)
Men’s health
- A user’s guide: What every man needs to know, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Australia Dari (pdf, 5 pages) Farsi (pdf, 5 pages) English (pdf, 4 pages)
- Vasectomy, Family Planning NSW Farsi/English (pdf, 2 pages)
Nutrition
- Iron – factsheet, Refugee Health Network NZ and Auckland District Health Board, NZ Dari English (pdf, 1 page), 2012
- Calcium – factsheet, Refugee Health Network NZ and Auckland District Health Board, NZ Dari Farsi English (pdf, 1 page), 2014
Oral health
- Lift the lip, NSW Health Department, Australia Farsi English (pdf, 1 page).
Sexual health
STIs/STDs
- Healthy living toolkit: What everyone should know about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), U.S Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Farsi (see page 37, pdf, 46 pages) English (see page 69, pdf, 87 pages)
- Healthy living toolkit: What is HIV? U.S Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Farsi (see page 23, pdf, 46 pages) English (see page 51, pdf, 87 pages)
- Common vaginal and vulval conditions, Family Planning NSW Farsi/English (pdf, 2 pages)
Contraception
- Contraception – The diaphragms, Family Planning NSW, Australia Farsi/English (pdf, 4 pages)
- The contraceptive injection: DMPA (depo-provera & depo-ralovera), NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Australia Farsi English (pdf, 2 pages)
- The copper IUD, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Australia Farsi English (pdf, 2 pages)
- The male condom, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Australia Farsi English (pdf, 2 pages)
- The emergency contraceptive pill, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Australia Farsi English (pdf, 2 pages)
- The vaginal ring (NuvaRing), NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Australia Farsi English (pdf, 2 pages)
Smoking
- Healthy living toolkit: Live longer: Quit smoking now! U.S Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Farsi (see page 35, pdf, 46 pages) English (see page 67, pdf, 87 pages).
- Quit Line NZ Quit NZ, Freephone: 0800 778 778
Women's health
- Exercises before and after birth, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Australia Dari English (pdf, 20 pages)
- The PAP test: A way to prevent cervical cancer, PapScreen Victoria, Australia Dari English (pdf, 2 pages)
- Menstruation (periods) and how you can manage it, Family Planning NSW Farsi/English (pdf, 2 pages)
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