Human Trafficking

The WSMA condemns human trafficking and support efforts to protect vulnerable individuals from modern day slavery (Res B-17, A-19)

The WSMA supports efforts to assist physicians and other practitioners in the clinical identification, and subsequent reporting of data to appropriate agencies, for the compiling of usable statistics on the health and mortality of individuals who have been exploited through human trafficking (Res B-17, A-19)

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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:

EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health Services