Specialist areas of work and services:
  • Trauma

Description:
HEAL Trafficking is dedicated to ending human trafficking and supporting its survivors, from a public health perspective.

Experience, Background and Services:
HEAL Trafficking is a united group of over 2,600 survivors and multidisciplinary professionals in 35 countries dedicated to ending human trafficking and supporting its survivors, from a public health perspective. Please join our network and commit to healing human trafficking!


Our vision


A world healed of trafficking.


Our mission

To mobilize a shift in the anti-trafficking paradigm toward approaches rooted in public health principles and trauma-informed care by:

Expanding the evidence base;

Enhancing collaboration among multidisciplinary stakeholders;

Educating the broader anti-trafficking, public health, and health care communities; and

Advocating for policies and funding streams that enhance the public health response to trafficking and support survivors.


Our guiding principles

HEAL Trafficking:

Engages in work that combats all forms of human trafficking;

Supports trafficked people of all genders, ages, races/ethnicities, religions, origins, cultures, and sexual orientations;

Believes all trafficked persons deserve access to a full range of health care including medical, mental/behavioral health, reproductive health, dental, and substance use disorder treatment services;

Approaches human trafficking from a public health perspective that incorporates a socio-ecological framework and prevention strategies; and

Promotes a survivor-centered, trauma-informed, evidence-based, practice-based approach to anti-trafficking efforts.