As physician leaders of HEAL Trafficking, we were delighted to see human trafficking framed as a health-care issue in The Lancet Editorial “Health providers—helping to disrupt human trafficking” (Aug 5, p 532).¹ However, we were dismayed to see the tragic San Antonio case referenced definitively as human trafficking. Smuggling entails helping people cross borders undetected for a fee, whereas human trafficking involves the threat of, or use of, force, coercion, or deception against a victim to exploit them.

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关于人口贩运的卫生专业教育：事实很重要

作为《贩运人口》（HEAL Trafficking）的医师负责人，我们很高兴看到《柳叶刀》社论“健康提供者-帮助扰乱人口贩运”将人口贩运定为医疗保健问题（8月5日，第532页）。¹但是，我们对悲惨的圣安东尼奥一案明确地被称为人口贩运感到震惊。走私需要帮助人们跨越边境而无须支付费用，而人口贩运涉及威胁或使用武力，胁迫或欺骗受害者以剥削受害者。