Human Trafficking Report

After reading the journal Combating trafficking in persons: a call to action for global health professionals, I have learned that there they estimate that between 21 and 31 million people are enslaved. 22% of them are enforced to have sexual intercourse exchanged for money. This report also states. “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" (ghps).
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services acknowledges that human trafficking
is not a problem in only in other countries, but happens all over the United States as well. Accordingly, to the website hhs.gov, cases of human trafficking have been reported in every state, and the victims can be male, female, foreign nationals, U.S citizens, children or adults. “The President’s FY 2012 budget proposed $5 million for training to address sex trafficking of runaway and homeless youth and supports for those working with U.S. domestic victims in the runaway and displaced youth population (in addition to funding currently provided through the Office of Refugee Resettlement for foreign trafficking victims in the United States)" (Sebelius). This money is used to prevent, identify sex trafficking, especially, under the minors. The funding goes to a broad range of people who work with minors who did run away from home, caseworkers and parents. “Through collaboration, funds also may support partnerships with law enforcement, attorneys, and judges to train individuals on how to recognize and address sex trafficking among youth" (Sebelius).
Internationally, starting in the year 200 many things has changed, and many governments have been taking steps to design a lawful framework to address these violations. 133 countries totally ban human trafficking, and 159 countries did sign up for the Palermo Protocol, (ghps) which is a protocol what declares that there is going to be effective actin and prevention in the combat of human trafficking, especially women and children. Traffickers get punished, and the victim will get protection. (Trafficking of Human Beings from a Human Rights Perspective)
The fact that human trafficking is now being acknowledged as a global public health problem, will help the victims, they can get help, and the healthcare provider can play a role in this.
Accordingly, to the journal, Human Trafficking: The Role of the Healthcare Provider, victims of trafficking have health problems due to extreme stress, deprivation of foods, physical and sexual abuse, and so on. Afterwards, there are symptoms of PTSD, addiction, etc. The provider often comes in contact with women who are still captured, and they can play a role in identifying and looking for possible clues in a victim. Warning signs can be that the female has a hard time moving around or can’t leave her job, bruises or other signs of battering, poor language skills, not be able to identify themselves, and the fear of deportation. Mostly, the victim lives in a state of fear, and she will not take the first step to talk. It can be difficult be spoken with her alone, but that is what the provider should strive for. When the woman is set free, the provider should make a treatment plan, and depending on the victim take figure out what further legal actions to take in able to help the female. (Dovydaitis)
To conclude, the United states and other countries do a lot to prevent and to detect human trafficking. However, the female is vulnerable, and some people are just gruel and have no respect for life what so ever. They only care about their personal gain. Sadly, as long as there are humans, trafficking and slavery will be
around.
People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason the world is in chaos is because things are being loved, and people are being used.(Destiny Rescue)