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Tongan health information
Mālō e lelei! Below you will find links to health information translated into Tongan.
Many of the resources are from overseas, so emergency numbers and contact details may differ.
- Breastfeeding your baby, Health Ed NZ Tongan(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- Before school check
- Information for parents and guardians, Health Ed NZ Tongan [PDF, 2.9 MB] English (Auckland)(external link)(external link) English (Non-Auckland)(external link)(external link)
- Keeping an eye on your child's hearing, Health Ed NZ Tongan(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- Understanding cancer, Cancer Society NZ Tongan/English(external link)(external link)
- Breast screening: Early detection is your best protection, Counties Manukau Health, Tongan(external link)(external link)
- Information about dementia and support Alzheimers New Zealand English(external link), Tongan(external link)
- Dengue fever: Fact sheet, National Public Health Service – Northern Region Tongan(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- Keeping well with diabetes, Health Ed NZ Tongan(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- Starting insulin for people with type 2 diabetes, Waitematā District Health Board NZ Tongan(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- Diabetes type 2 brochure, Healthify He Puna Waiora and Mediboard, 2023 Tongan [PDF, 563 KB], English [PDF, 542 KB]
- Gout booklet - change your life Health Literacy NZ, Ministry of Health NZ, PHARMAC NZ, 2022 Tongan(external link), English(external link),
- Leni doesn't have gout attacks anymore Health Literacy NZ, Health Navigator NZ, 2021 Tongan(external link), English(external link)
- Out with gout – how to live a healthy life with gout, Pharmac & Arthritis NZ, 2008 Tongan [PDF, 1.5 MB], English (external link)
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- Blood pressure information sheet Heart Foundation, NZ, 2023 English(external link), Tongan(external link)
- Hepatitis A: fact sheet, National Public Health Service – Northern Region Tongan(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- Immunise your child on time, Health Ed NZ Tongan(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- The tuberculin skin test, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Australia Tongan(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- Tuberculosis factsheet, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Australia Tongan(external link)(external link)
Virus action plan He Ako Hiringa, NZ, 2023 Adult(external link), Child(external link)
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- Factsheet – measles, National Public Health Service – Northern Region Tongan(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- Understanding morphine and other opioid medicines Palliative Outcome Initiative English(external link), Tongan(external link)
- Morphine Mary Potter Hospice, NZ, 2018 English(external link), Tongan(external link)
Which milk is best for me?(external link) Heart Foundation, NZ
- It's easy to protect your family's smile, Health Ed NZ Tongan(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- A range of resources from the Palliative Outcome Initiative, NZ (external link)(external link)
- Steps of rheumatic fever National Public Health Service – Northern Region Tongan(external link), English(external link)
- Serious skin infections in children, Starship Children's Health NZ Tongan(external link), English(external link)
- Immunise against HPV (human papillomavirus), Health Ed NZ Tongan(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
- BreastScreen Aotearoa, Health Ed NZ Tongan(external link)(external link) English(external link)(external link)
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