May 29th Message from Covid-19 Health Communications Stakeholder Support
Dear Colleague,
We hope this message finds you well. Thanks for your continuing support in helping to share information about COVID-19. This communications update is particularly aimed at sharing, and drawing your attention to the COVID-19 public health information translated resources. We would be very grateful for your help in sharing these resources as widely as possible with relevant communities.
Translated COVID-19 Resources
For those whose first language is neither English nor Irish, we have translated public health information into 24 other languages. These include Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Farsi, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Urdu and Yoruba. We are also working on developing resources in Somali and Eritrean.
The most up to date translated partner resources for COVID-19 can be found here.
Roma
Under the resources listed above you will also find a video for the Roma Community in Romanian. This video can also be found here.
There is a Roma specific resources page which includes easy read and image based communication documents and a translation of the Phase 1 government re-opening roadmap which can be found here.
Migrant Health
There is also a Migrant Health resources page, which includes videos in various languages and further specific translated resources.
Other Resources:
The Covid 19 World Service is a joint initiative of Nasc and Together Ireland. The Covid 19 World Service has video messages from doctors and other healthcare professionals in several languages for migrants living in Ireland.
- Video 1: General advice on how to prevent the contraction and spread of the virus.
- Video 2: Information on self-isolation, what to do if you test positive for Covid 19 or are a contact of someone who has.
These videos can be found here.
The Government’s ‘Community Call – Advice and Contact Information for Your County’ leaflet has been translated into 12 different languages and is available here.
Public Health Information:
As always, for the most up to date information and advice on Coronavirus, please go to: https://www.gov.ie/en/
https://www2.hse.ie/
https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/
If your organisation has any specific requests in relation to COVID-19 public health information materials, please email us and to let us know.
Please share and pass on these resources as widely as possible to relevant communities.
Keep well, remember we’re #InThisTogether and #HoldFirm
Covid-19 Health Communications Stakeholder Support
