Hi Lyn,

Suggest you try the HEA they have the following:

A searchable database including Health Education materials at:

http://www.hea.org.uk/hpic/index.html

(Ordinarily I would also try the HEBS at:

http://www.hebs.scot.nhs.uk/pro.htm

They have a searchable health information leaflets database but it 
drew a blank amongst its 69 items in Urdu).

More specifically the HEA  have the following:

RESOURCES FOR BLACK AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS

Developed in 1994, as a result of a national search of over
  4000 statutory and voluntary organisations concerned with
  health, this database includes more than 560 nationally
  available resources which: 

       promote healthy lifestyles
       inform about health services and how to use them
       are concerned with particular conditions and diseases  

  The resources:  

       provide a national overview of what is available for this
       target audience are nationally available for purchase or hire
       reflect the national shifts in emphasis in health promotion for
       black and minority ethnic communities

  The database includes resources which have been produced in the
  following community languages: 

  Arabic 
  Bengali 
  Cantonese 
  Dutch 
  Farsi 
  French 
  Greek 
  Gujarati 
  Hindi 
                   Japanese 
                   Kurdish 
                   Polish 
                   Portugese 
                   Punjabi 
                   Somali 
                   Spanish 
                   Swahili 
                   Sylheti 
                                    Tagalog 
                                    Turkish 
                                    Urdu 
                                    Vietnamese 
                                    Welsh 
                                    Yemeni 


  Please note that the accuracy and acceptability of languages
  has not been reviewed. 

  Resource details and review For more information on resources
  available

  Book Version of the database 

  A book version of the database on health related resources for black
  and minority ethnic communities is available (price stlg5.99) and can
  be purchased from: 

  HEA Customer Services, 
  Marston Book Services 
  PO Box 269 
  Abingdon 
  Oxon, OX14 4YN 

  Tel 01235 465 565 
  Fax 01235 465 556 

  The second edition, priced stlg6.99, will be available during 1998. It
  will be available from HEA Customer Services (see above for contact
  details).  

> Date:          Mon, 14 Dec 1998 13:22:37 +0000
> Subject:       Information on breastfeeding in urdu
> From:          Information Services <[log in to unmask]>
> To:            [log in to unmask]
> Reply-to:      Information Services <[log in to unmask]>

> Can anyone suggest an organisation which provides information on
> breastfeeding written in urdu, the more detailed the better!  I've tried
> National Association for Maternal and Child Welfare, National Childbirth
> Trust, Department of Health, and La Leche League.  Any other ideas
> gratefully received.
> 
> Lyn Nixon
> Information Officer, The Children's Centre
> Nottingham Community Health NHS Trust
> 
> 
Andrew Booth BA MSc Dip Lib ALA
Director of Information Resources
School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR)
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
SHEFFIELD
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Tel: 0114 222 5420 or 5214 Fax: 0114 272 4095
The author of Netting the Evidence: 
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/netting.html
and Trawling the Net:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/trawling.html
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