A new partnership, Clean Air South, jointly led by Wessex Health Partners and the Sustainability and Resilience Institute (SRI), has been launched to improve air quality by connecting health researchers with policy makers.
Clean air campaigner Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE was the guest speaker at the partnership’s inaugural event at the University’s Future Towns Innovation Hub in Chilworth.
Rosamund spoke powerfully about the loss of her nine-year-old daughter Ella, whose death in 2013, was attributed to illegal levels of air pollution near their home. The family lived just 30 metres from London’s South Circular Road, one of the most polluted roads in Europe.
Her visit was arranged by Sir Stephen Holgate, Professor of Immunopharmacology at the University. Rosamund and Stephen have worked closely for many years, and Stephen played a key role in the second inquest into Ella’s death.
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