Healthcare without language barriers. Together, we can make it possible.
TAGALOG DEPARTMENTEvent Spotlight: Mabuhay Health Center Our Tagalog interpreters love working with the Mabuhay Health Center in San Francisco! This event typically runs from 10 am – 3 pm. Interpreters typically work with 2-3 patients per clinic day, with each appointment lasting more than
SPANISH DEPARTMENTEvent Spotlight: Breathmobile We are so honored to have such a strong, long-standing relationship with the health providers at Breathmobile! Interpreters work with caretakers of children who have asthma and other respiratory conditions (Spanish department works most often with the
CHINESE DEPARTMENT Established 2007VHIO began as the San Francisco Hepatitis B Collaborative at Cal, and our first interpreters worked at various clinics in San Francisco Chinatown. VHIO’s first language department is currently one of VHIO’s largest, responding to the Bay Area’s
JAPANESE DEPARTMENT Established Spring 2017 When they started out in Spring 2017, they had one patient. Just one year later (Fall 2018), the Japanese department has established itself as one of our departments with the highest per capita number of
JAPANESE DEPARTMENT Established Spring 2017Konichiwa! Our newest department is also our smallest, but they’ve done an amazing job working with Japanese seniors over the past year. These five members have traveled all over the bay to provide interpretation services for
CHINESE DEPARTMENT Established 2007Here’s a shot of the VHIO Chinese Department at our last health fair with UOP Medicare Part D! Our interpreters guided seniors through a series of stations where they could check their blood pressure, cholesterol levels, cognitive state,
VIETNAMESE DEPARTMENT Xin chào! Have you met the Vietnamese department? This semester, they’ve been interpreting for Asian Refugees United. At these workshops, they’ve guided Vietnamese seniors through a variety of workshops based on promoting health equity. Here, you can spot Van
CHINESE DEPARTMENTVHIO Chinese department @ 21st Annual Chinatown Community Health Fair “Less Sugar, Sweeter Life”About 30 organizations and health institutes participated in the health fair this year, and around 400 people attended. VHIO Chinese department members were there to interpret