Dr Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE is a Public Health Advocate, using art in her campaign work to make the invisible; visible.

On 1st July 2025 The Clean Air Human Rights Bill known as Ella’s Law, was reintroduced to the House of Commons. Ella’s Law is named after Ella Roberta Adoo-Kissi-Debrah who died aged 9 from asthma caused by air pollution, primarily from traffic emissions from the South Circular road close to where she lived in London.

But we know Ella is not the only one, the Royal College of Physicians linked air pollution to a range of 700 illnesses, including cancer and dementia, citing that it causes 500 premature deaths per week in the UK. The UK also has one of the highest number of emergency admissions and death rates for childhood asthma in Europe. The poorest and most vulnerable in our society suffer the most, whilst contributing the least to the problem of poor air quality.

‘Air That I Breathe’ is a body of work that has been donated to Ella’s foundation over the last ten years as different artists have been moved by Ella’s death. In April 2025 a statue of Ella, by sculptor Hannah Stewart was unveiled in Mountsfield Park, Lewisham.

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