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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you Liz for your powerful contribution on the panel

We urgently need #CleanAir laws

To protect the health of children now and the future

Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 20d

It was great to be part of the #CleanAirJustice discussion at the #LabourPartyConference. The panel considered the true scale of #AirPollution in the UK: we urgently need #CleanAir laws that protect our children's lungs now and in the future. @thefabians.bsky.social @healthyairuk.bsky.social

Six people sit behind a table at the Labour Party Conference. There is a screen behind them displaying the words Clean Air Justice. The table is red with the words Fabian Society in white on it.

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · 9d

All mic’d up! I’m up next, giving the humanitarian lecture at the iMED Conference

As the only non-professor to speak, have massive imposter syndrome and feeling the nerves!!! 🫣🥴🙈

soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · 10d

Heading to Lisbon!

Tomorrow I’ll be giving the humanitarian lecture at the international iMed conference.
I have MASSIVE imposter syndrome, but excited nonetheless! 🙈😁

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · 11d

Powerful discussion at the
Festival of Ideas @thefabians.bsky.social

At the Labour Party Conference

On the urgent need for #CleanAirAct legislation to improve our air quality

Our kids have the right to breathe in air that doesn’t make them sick

#CleanAirJustice

@barrygardiner.bsky.social

soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · 11d

I will nervously be giving the lecture in Portugal this weekend!

Still feeling huge imposter syndrome, to be speaking alongside such eminent professionals from across the global scientific community

I’ll be giving a lecture on Health and Politics:

Why health is always political 💊🗞️

#iMED25

soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · 11d

When I received an email asking me to give the humanitarian lecture at the International iMED Conference

My immediate response was to decline, as I did not feel in any way qualified to provide a prestigious lecture!

However, after some back and forth....

imedconference.org/imed-confere...

iMed Conference – iMed Conference

imedconference.org

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Healthy Air Coalition UK @healthyairuk.bsky.social · 17d

We were thrilled to host a lively discussion this week at the Labour Party Conference, in partnership with @thefabians.bsky.social.

Panellists discussed clean air justice and what it would mean for Labour to lead on this issue. ⚖️
@soniaadesara.bsky.social #LPC25

Five panelists and an event Chair sit on a stage decorated with Fabian Society branding. They are talking and laughing among themselves.

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · 20d

Are you at Labour Party Conference

I’ll be on talking on the panel this afternoon

Discussing the policies we need to address ethnic health inequalities facing women

Join us! #Lab25 #LabourConference2025

soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · 22d

Are you at the #LabourParty Conference?

I’ll be speaking at various events over the next few days

Monday 10AM - Clean Air Justice - healthy air coalition

Monday 13:30 - IPPR - Can the government deliver

Monday 15:00 - Critical condition - Age UK

Tuesday 17:45 - Ethnic Health Inequalities
#lab25

soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · 22d

Are you at #LabourPartyConference

We have one of the highest mortality rates from childhood asthma in Europe

Join us tomorrow with @metecoban92.bsky.social @waseemzaffar.bsky.social

We’ll the changes & policies we need to implement to ensure our children can breathe clean air

#lab25 #cleanair

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · 22d

Heading to the #LabourPartyConference?

Come join the ✨Festival of Ideas ✨

Where you’ll hear from leading thinkers, politicians and policy experts

Discussing the big issues of the day

Join us! #Lab25 #LabConf

soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · 24d

Are you at the Labour Party conference next week?

Join us at the✨ Festival of Ideas ✨

Hosted by the Fabian Society, at the Bluecoat

You'll hear leading campaigners, politicians and policy experts debating the big issues of the day

Join us at the #FestivalOfIdeas

#LabourPartyConference2025

soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · Jul 29

And we need tools in the NHS to give our patients real nutritional support, and initiatives in place to help them get stronger and be more active

Instead of jabs for life, I want my patients to be healthy, fit and strong for life.

4/ #obesity #ozempic #weightlossjabs #mounjaro #gmb

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · Jul 29

But with 1 in 5 children growing up obese, we’re failing the next generation if we fail to address the root cause

We need our government:

- To take action on the food industry

- Nutritious meals for all in our schools

- We need to use our taxation system to make healthy food more affordable

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · Jul 29

Food advertised to kids is full of sugar and unhealthy.

Even baby food frequently contains excessive sugar and has low nutritional value.

It’s easy to blame individuals for being overweight.

And it’s easy for me as a doctor to just prescribe a jab.

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · Jul 29

Demand for the weight loss jabs is soaring, and I understand why.

In the food environment we live in, it's a constant uphill battle to maintain a healthy weight.

Our supermarkets are flooded with food engineered to make you crave more

Food advertised as healthy often isn't

1/ #weightlossjabs

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · Jul 15

We need progressive leaders in Europe to make a stand. They need to replace the funding which services globally have lost.

And they need to make a stand for reproductive rights globally.

We need action and boldness from our leaders right now. The silence we’ve had so far is deeply disappointing.

soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · Jul 15

Unless this funding is replaced, 2.6 million women across the world will lose access to vital sexual and reproductive health services,

This is estimated to result in 2.4 million unintended pregnancies over the course of this administration if the funding is not replaced

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#abortion #globalgag

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · Jul 15

Trump has reinstated the global gag order, which withdraws all US funding to any aid or health services globally if they advise or provide abortion care.

For example, MSI an international health provider, because they refused to sign the global gag, has lost $ 14 million in funding.

2/ #abortion

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · Jul 15

I spoke to Austrian News about my disappointment with European leaders.

Across Europe and globally, there is a rise in far-right politics, with an associated resurgence of anti-abortion activism

In America and elsewhere, we have seen laws introduced to stop women from accessing abortion care

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · Jul 8

Of course, this is just the first step! The legislation will still need to go through the Lords. And the 60 years old Abortion Act is very much in need of updating!

But this was an important first step. A historic vote, a vote that put women and women's health first

4/ #abortionrights

soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · Jul 8

And the formidable, passionate teams at MSI Reproductive Choices UK, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), Abortion Rights who've been working tirelessly behind the scenes

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · Jul 8

This vote was down to the commitment of so many people, from the thousands who’ve been signing petitions, incredible journalists such as Phoebe Davis - who brought the issues to public attention

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · Jul 8

Three weeks today, parliament voted to stop the criminalisation of women—the most significant change in abortion law in 60 years

At a time when we have at US president rolling back reproductive rights in America and abroad, the vote sent an important signal to the world that we are pro-choice

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soniaadesara.bsky.social @soniaadesara.bsky.social · Jun 25

I'll be on Sky News tomorrow morning 📺

Giving my two pennies on weight-loss jabs 💉

Tune in live at 7:45 AM 🎥

#weightlossjabs