AHTA - MISSION STATEMENT

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The American Hirudotherapy Association was established to provide all registered AHTA hirudotherapists with professional representation and advocacy in America and Europe.

AHTA - USA provides support for its professional members through continuing education, professional development, networking and representation on the state, national and international levels.
AHTA - USA also acts as a central referral point for hirudotherapists and members of the public seeking the services of hirudotherapy and its practitioners in specific geographic locations.




The American Hirudotherapy Association Mission Statement


TO:
  • promote Hirudotherapy, The Healing Power of Nature;
  • promote the understanding of the osteopathic approach in Hirudotherapy;
  • encourage, support and protect the integrity of certified and registered hirudotherapists;
  • ensure the well being of clients by maintaining and enforcing the highest quality standards and services are 
             delivered by member hirudotherapy practitioners;
  • contribute to the establishment of international training standards and to facilitate member 
             hirudotherapists with paths to expand and enhance their qualifications;
  • ensure that the most professional and sanitary practices are followed with the use of Medicinal Hirudo Leeches;
  • ensure the prfessional use of Medical Leeches Hirudo Medicinalis/Hirudo Verbana in hirudotherapy services 
             according to the one-time only use principle;
  • ensure member compliance with all US Environmental Laws and Bio-Hazard Waste Disposal practices;
  • provide the certified Hirudo Verbana/Hirudo Medicinalis from the official suppliers in the US and from 
             the Biopharms in Europe; 
  • ensure protection and promotion of certified Hirudo Medicinalis/Hirudo Verbana
            for AHTA members, hirudotherapists and clients;
  • make Hirudotherapy affordable to all who express interest in alternative hirudotherapy;
  • provide the financial assistance to those who are ready and willing but not financially able to begin treatment;
  • promote the growing GLOBAL TREND toward alternative DRUG LESS therapies as a healthy choice to achieve a happy, 
            healthy and balanced state of being. To achieve and maintain homeostasis naturally;
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Please forward all questions to the Board at:
info@americanhirudotherapyassociation.org