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Combating trafficking in persons: a call to action for global health professionals

Luis CdeBaca and Jane Nady Sigmon
Global Health: Science and Practice August 2014, 2(3):261-267; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00142
Luis CdeBaca
aU.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, USA
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Health care professionals can help identify victims of human trafficking, who commonly come into contact with providers during captivity. Providers can also help restore the physical and mental health of trafficking survivors. Training should focus on recognizing trafficking signs, interviewing techniques, and recommended responses when a victim is identified.

Trafficking in persons—also known as modern slavery—is a crime that undermines the most basic rights of an individual. Despite more than a decade of international and domestic laws against it, human trafficking affects every country in the world, including the United States. As global awareness of human trafficking has grown, efforts to combat it have also increased. An Internet search using the term “human trafficking” yielded more than 32 million results in seconds. Awareness of the impact of this crime on victims and of its various manifestations has also evolved. Victims have been found in, and freed from, slave-like conditions in nearly every industry: agriculture, manufacturing, construction, hospitality, health care, janitorial services, mining, fishing, domestic service, as well as commercial sex. The scale of the problem has prompted professionals and advocates to embrace the notion that all sectors must be equipped with the knowledge and relevant skills to contribute to ending modern slavery.

Social science experts estimate there are 20.9 million1 to 29.8 million2 people around the world living in servitude. A report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) provided additional information about the victims of human trafficking1:

An estimated 21 million to 30 million people worldwide are living in servitude.

  • Of the total number of 20.9 million victims, 18.7 million (90%) are exploited in the private economy by individuals or enterprises; the remaining 2.2 million are in state-imposed forms of forced labor. Of those exploited in the private economy, 4.5 million (22% of the total number) …

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Luis CdeBaca, Jane Nady Sigmon
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