Human trafficking and exploitation: A global health concern

Cathy Zimmerman; Ligia Kiss

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002437

Human trafficking and exploitation: A global health concern

PLoS Med. 2017 Nov 22;14(11):e1002437. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002437. eCollection 2017 Nov.

Authors

Cathy Zimmerman¹, Ligia Kiss¹

Affiliation

¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdon.

Abstract

In this collection review, Cathy Zimmerman and colleague introduce the PLOS Medicine Collection on Human Trafficking, Exploitation and Health, laying out the magnitude of the global trafficking problem and offering a public health policy framework to guide responses to trafficking.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Global Health* / trends
Human Trafficking* / trends
Humans
Public Health*
Risk
Sex Work
Transients and Migrants*

Grants and funding

This work was supported by UKaid from the Department for International Development, grant number PO 5732. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.