Recognizing the Red Flags of Human Trafficking
On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, Dr. Mike Chupp and Dr. Jeff Barrows are joined by Dr. Sharmayne Brooks to talk about CMDA’s Commission on Human Trafficking and how healthcare professionals can protect their vulnerable patients who are being held in modern-day slavery.
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Meet Our Guest
After a college mission trip to Mexico, Dr. Sharmayne Brooks felt called to dedicate her life to full-time missions. She went to medical school while continuing to serve on the mission field, specializing in infectious disease. At Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Sharmayne completed a master’s degree in international public health, and she also did a JHU infectious disease fellowship, focusing on tropical medicine in Lima, Peru. Sharmayne has been involved in anti-human trafficking efforts in several developing countries for more than 20 years. She founded a non-government organization that supports safe houses and awareness/ prevention efforts, serves as a medical liaison for the Rio Grande Valley Anti-Trafficking Taskforce, is chair of the CMDA Commission on Human Trafficking and serves on the Amazing Grace Ministries anti-trafficking team. Besides her work in combatting human trafficking, currently Sharmayne is serving at COLM, a clinic staffed solely by volunteers on the Texas-Mexico border offering free healthcare in an underserved community. Each year she leads and participates in medical mission teams around the world, including Latin America, Jamaica, Samoa, Nigeria and Sudan.
