SEASREP had a panel at the 20th International Leprosy Congress on September 12, 2019 at the Philippine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines.
The panel consisted of:
- Lim Yong Long; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; The History of Leprosy Segregation Policies in British Malaya, 1867-1936
- Ricardo Jose; University of the Philippines Diliman; Hansen’s Disease in a Time of War: Narratives of Tragedy and Courage in the Philippines, 1942-1945
- Luechai Sringernyuang; Mahidol University Salaya; Social Memories of Former Thai Leprosy Patients
- Loh Kah Seng; University of Western Australia; Post-histories of Leprosy in Singapore
Their papers are the outcome of the SEASREP project on Hansen’s Disease in Southeast Asia: Narratives of the Past and Present, supported by the Sasakawa Health Foundation.