Family doctors from across Europe commended the work of Translate Ireland at a major European conference held in London this week. Dr. Catherine Clifford, Co-Founder and Medical Lead of Translate Ireland, spoke to delegates at the World Family Doctors European Conference (WONCA) at the ExCel Arena about the need for […]
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Dr Mike Ryan endorses the ‘My Health My Language’ series saying every community member deserves to get clear information on health
Dr Mike Ryan of the World Health Organisation believes the ‘My Health My Language’ initiative will play a pivotal role in ensuring vital information on health reaches all in our community. The Executive Director of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Programme said: “The My Health, My Language project is […]
A ‘game-changer’ in how migrants are communicated with about health
Today sees the launch of the ‘My Health, My Language’ resource bank featuring almost 200 video messages in 17-languages across 11 different topics in the area of primary care and maternity care. The scripts have been carefully written to ensure cultural appropriateness, translated and then presented by doctors, nurses, consultants, […]
Innovative multilingual initiative during pandemic to support migrants
The Irish Medical Times – April 1st, 2021 Kate Landers writes about an amazing response by non-Irish doctors who delivered much needed multilingual messages on the pandemic – which attracted a lot of media attention and acclaim last week – as well as an Irish Healthcare Award Innovative multilingual initiative during […]
Multilingual videos about vaccines launched for Ireland’s migrant community
Videos in 36 languages give details on the State’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout programme The Irish Times – Wednesday, March 24th Multilingual videos about vaccines launched for Ireland’s migrant community (irishtimes.com)