Updated: 14 February 2012

Below are links to external websites which have been compiled and evaluated by BC Cancer Agency librarians according to our established Inclusion/Removal Policy. The quality of the translations provided in these websites is not known.

See also Health in Other Cultures Websites.


For Patients/Public

Good places to start

• Cancer Information in Other Languages (Canadian Cancer Society)
• Health Information in Multiple Languages (MedlinePlus)
• Patient Health Education Materials Resource Catalogue (Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care)

More websites in other languages

• Asian American Health (US National Library of Medicine)
• Asian Language Materials (American Cancer Society)
• Asian Pacific Islander Cancer Education Materials Tool (American Cancer Society)
• Consumer Health Brochures in Multiple Languages
• Consumer Health Information in Many Languages Resources (US National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
• Ethnomed - Ethnic Medicine Information
• EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network
• Health Information Translations 
• Healthy Roads Media
• International Health Education Alliance
• Multicultural Health Communication Service (New South Wales, Australia)
• Non-English Guides to PubMed
• Refugee Health Information Network 
• Settlement.org
• SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages
• Visible Minorities and English Second Language Populations (Canadian Breast Cancer Network)

Websites in American Sign Language

• Health Information in ASL (American Sign Language) (MedlinePlus)

Websites in Arabic (العربية)

• Health Information in Arabic (MedlinePlus)
• Minhaal

 Websites in Chinese (中文)

• Asian American Health (US National Library of Medicine)
• Asian Language Materials (American Cancer Society)
• Cancer-asian.com (Canadian Cancer Society)
• CancerQuest (US)
• Health Information in Chinese-Simplified (MedlinePlus)
• HealthLink BC
• Hong Kong Cancer Fund
• interCultural Online Health Network (BC)
• Lymphoma Research Foundation (US)
• Pap Testing: A New Step on the Path to Women's Health
• 中文刊物 (Canadian Cancer Society)
• Resource Guide for Chinese Cancer Patients (Lower Mainland) (BC Cancer Agency)
• Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care
• SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages

Websites in Cree

• Cree Publications (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Farsi (فارسی)

• HealthLink BC

Websites in French (français)

• Aujourd'hui la santé
• Health Information in French (MedlinePlus)
• HealthLink BC
• PasseportSanté
• Ressources pour les francophones (BC Provincial Health Services Authority)
• Société canadienne du Cancer
• Vancouver Coastal Health Francophone Resources (BC)

Websites in Hindi (हिन्दी)

• Health Information in Hindi (MedlinePlus)
• Hindi Fact Sheets (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Italian (italiano)

• AIMaC: Associazione Italiana Malati di Cancro
• CancerQuest (US)
• Health Information in Italian (MedlinePlus)
• Pubblicazioni in italiano (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Japanese (日本語)  

• Health Information in Japanese (MedlinePlus)

Websites in Korean (한국어)

• Health information in Korean (MedlinePlus)
• Korean Publications (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Ojibwe

• Ojibwe Publications (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Persian ( فارسی )

• انتشارات به زبان فارسی  (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Polish (polski)

• Health Information in Polish (MedlinePlus)
• Polish Fact Sheets (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Portuguese (português)

• Health Information in Portuguese (MedlinePlus)
• Portuguese Fact Sheets (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ)

• HealthLink BC
• interCultural Online Health Network
• Punjabi Publicatons (Canadian Cancer Society)
• ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਨ (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Russian (Русский)

• CancerQuest (US)
• EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network
• Health Information in Russian (MedlinePlus)
• MedInfoRus: Medical Information in Russian

Websites in Spanish (español)

• Acceso Computarizado a la Salud de Nueva York
• Cancer.Net En Espanol (US)
• CancerQuest (US)
• Documentos sobre el cancer (US National Cancer Institute)
• Información de referencia sobre el cáncer (American Cancer Society)
• Healthfinder Espanol
• Lymphoma Research Foundation (US)
• Manual merck de informacion medica para el hogar
• MedlinePlus in Spanish (US)
• Prevención y Control del Cáncer (US Centers for Disease Control)
• Publicaciones en español (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Tagalog (Tagalog)

• Health Information in Tagalog (MedlinePlus)
• Tagalog Fact Sheets (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Tamil

• Tamil Fact Sheets (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Ukrainian (Українська)

• Health Information in Ukrainian (MedlinePlus)
• Ukrainian Fact Sheets (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Urdu (اردو)

• Health Information in Urdu (MedlinePlus)
• Urdu Fact Sheets (Canadian Cancer Society)

Websites in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

• Health Information in Vietnamese (MedlinePlus)
• Vietnamese Publications (Canadian Cancer Society)

Foreign language dictionaries and glossaries

• Multilingual Glossary of technical and popular terms in 9 European languages - provides translations of medical terms in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese & Spanish