GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENCOUNTRY-PROFILEGUATEMALAMEASURESPREVENTION ACTIONS AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING DURING COVID-19 (HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CENTERS) / ACCIONES DE PREVENCIóN CONTRA LA TRATA DE PERSONAS DURANTE COVID-19 (HOSPITALES Y CENTROS DE SALUD)
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Prevention actions against human trafficking during COVID-19 (hospitals and health centers) / Acciones de prevención contra la trata de personas durante COVID-19 (hospitales y centros de salud)
Type of Measure
Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns
Form of Violence
Trafficking
Year
2021
Brief Description

The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance prepared and disseminated emergency posters containing recommendations for action in hospitals and health centers nationwide, with special emphasis on the COVID-19 emergency.

Further actions included: creation and dissemination of informative messages, prevention and promotion of reporting of sexual violence, exploitation and human trafficking, on social networks and the website of the Secretariat and of different institutions that make up the CIT.

Original language:

Elaboración y envío de afiches emergentes que contienen recomendaciones de actuación en hospitales y centros de salud a nivel nacional, con especial énfasis en la emergencia COVID-19, remitido al Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social.

Creación y socialización de mensajes informativos, de prevención y fomento de la denuncia de la violencia sexual, explotación y trata de personas, en redes sociales y página web de la Secretaría y de diferentes instituciones que integran la CIT.

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