THE National Historical Commission of the Philippines publishes a number of books yearly on political and economic events in Philippine History. This year, they have come out with a very different but relevant book, Hidden Lives, Concealed Narratives: A History of Leprosy in the Philippines.  It is relevant because it is part of the national narrative concerning health, illness, social implications of such, attempted solutions and the status quo.

It is a book produced by a grant from the Sasakawa Foundation, a Japanese philanthropy that has helped lepers here, with contributions from historians using primary sources as well as NHCP officers—Chair Maria Serena I. Diokno, who edited it and wrote the overview essay, as well as Veronica Dado, the deputy director who delineates the rationale and structure of the Culion Leper Colony.

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