January 10, 2024
Hospitals and their dedicated teams can play an important role to help combat human trafficking in their communities.
Tomorrow is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and this month marks National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The designations put a spotlight on the need to address this growing public health concern in the U.S. and around the globe.
“More than 27 million people around the world endure the abhorrent abuse of human trafficking and forced labor, including thousands of people right here in the United States,” President Biden said in a proclamation this month. “It is a threat to global security, public safety, and human dignity. During National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we reaffirm our commitment to ending these predatory crimes at home and across the globe.”
Here’s what you need to know:
Additional information for National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, including a digital toolkit of AHA resources, is available online. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also has published a toolkit for Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
A HAP fact sheet about human trafficking in Pennsylvania also is available.
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