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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan

@drrageshri.bsky.social
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Sexual health & HIV Doctor/Researcher Writer 📚Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing 📚No One Talks About This Stuff www.drrageshri.com

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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Such an honour to chair this session. Incredible panellists, audience and discussion. Thank you @patients-association.org.uk!
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Thank you to @wellcomecollection.bsky.social for being such champions of my book! “Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing is a thoughtful and compassionate look at how patients’ voices can be overlooked in healthcare. Inviting a deeper understanding of why listening truly matters.”
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martinjs.bsky.social @martinjs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
www.waterstones.com/book/unheard...
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martinjs.bsky.social @martinjs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Great to be at the Royal College of Pharmacy Fellows’ dinner last night. So enjoyed @drrageshri.bsky.social as guest speaker re the Unheard. Reminder to listen better & use privilege to amplify. Reminded me of the desire for a Louding Voice. @clarepharmacy.bsky.social @raliatonatade.bsky.social
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
**NEW ESSAY @thelancet.com ** On Boundaries and Being a Medical Relative. This is about my father being unwell last year & what it was like to navigate being a medic & a relative of a patient. Huge thanks to my family for letting me write about our story 🙏🏽 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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On boundaries and being a medical relative
The cheers of the home crowd escaped the hospital room through open windows. “Another four!”, my father cried in frustration. England had scored yet another boundary against what was proving to be a hapless Indian side. I spent many hours last summer watching cricket on a tiny pay-per-view television screen at my father's bedside after he had been admitted to hospital. Watching cricket together was a familiar childhood experience, but this was a new situation—my first time as a medical relative.
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
What’s it like to be a healthcare professional when someone you love is unwell? How do we balance using our knowledge & authority to advocate for better care, whilst not overstepping boundaries or not advocating enough, for fear of being deemed difficult? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
What’s it like to be a healthcare professional when someone you love is unwell? How do we balance using our knowledge & authority to advocate for better care, whilst not overstepping boundaries or not advocating enough, for fear of being deemed difficult? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
**NEW ESSAY @thelancet.com ** On Boundaries and Being a Medical Relative. This is about my father being unwell last year & what it was like to navigate being a medic & a relative of a patient. Huge thanks to my family for letting me write about our story 🙏🏽 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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On boundaries and being a medical relative
The cheers of the home crowd escaped the hospital room through open windows. “Another four!”, my father cried in frustration. England had scored yet another boundary against what was proving to be a hapless Indian side. I spent many hours last summer watching cricket on a tiny pay-per-view television screen at my father's bedside after he had been admitted to hospital. Watching cricket together was a familiar childhood experience, but this was a new situation—my first time as a medical relative.
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Dr Richard Ma PhD 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉🕺⚕️🩺🎓 @richard-ma.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Seeking nurses, pharmacists, HCAs from HIV clinics/GP for online focus groups to discuss caring for people living with #HIV as they age: Bristol Wed 15 Apr 12:30-14:00 Brighton Thu 16 Apr 17:00-18:30 Sheffield Mon 20 Apr 17:00-18:30 £ offered. Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/hY7bLrPgkQ
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🎧PODCAST🎧 Tips for listening, and how to avoid dismissing young women Thanks to Dr Lisa Adams & Dr Sara MacDermott for inviting me to speak on their podcast Primary Care Knowledge Boost with Dr Laura Tinner. I discuss the medical practice of silencing & epistemic injustice pckb.org/e/tips-for-l...
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Tips for listening, and how to avoid dismissing young women | Primary Care Knowledge Boost
In this really interesting episode, Doctors Lisa and Sara talk to Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan - Consultant in Sexual Health and HIV Medicine, and Dr Laura Tinner - Research Fellow in Centre for Public Heal...
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HIV i-Base @hiv-i-base.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Two cases of severe #hyperglycemia with injectable CAB/RPV-LA: i-base.info/htb/53413 Though not listed as an adverse event, paper authors advise that anyone with a high BMI or even mildly increased #glycemia may need close monitoring. #HIV #HIVsky #EndoSky #MedSky #HIVtreatment #Cabenuva #Diabetes
Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Cabotegravir and rilpivirine: why monitoring glucose and other prediabetes symptoms is important with this ART. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. A smaller rectangle in the bottom right, reads: HIV news. 2026. There are various dotted patterns. The colours used in the image are two shades of dark turquoise, dark purple, light blue, pink, gold, turquoise, orange, dark green, mustard and white.
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Tristan J Barber @tristanjbarber.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The @bhiva.bsky.social 2026 EEDI Survey is out! It doesn’t take long to complete, if you’re a member and receive this email please take a moment to fill it in. We’re continuing to work to make BHIVA more inclusive and this will really help, thank you 🙏🏼 @drrageshri.bsky.social
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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 12/02/2026
A real treat to listen to Rageshri Dhairyawan presenting her book Unheard at the EPIC meeting yesterday #epistemicinjustice #philosophy #booksky Thanks @drrageshri.bsky.social for joining us!
Unheard - first slide of the presentation Rageshri Dhairyawan at the EPIC meeting
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I reviewed Charlotte Blease’s provocative new book “Dr. Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us—and How AI Could Save Lives” for @thelancet.com this week. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I reviewed Charlotte Blease’s provocative new book “Dr. Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us—and How AI Could Save Lives” for @thelancet.com this week. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I reviewed Charlotte Blease’s provocative new book “Dr. Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us—and How AI Could Save Lives” for @thelancet.com this week. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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An artificial dichotomy
The value of doctors is up for debate in some quarters. The UK has seen backlash about role replacement by physician assistants and UK resident doctor strikes over pay and training posts. Meanwhile, t...
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I reviewed Charlotte Blease’s provocative new book “Dr. Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us—and How AI Could Save Lives” for @thelancet.com this week. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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An artificial dichotomy
The value of doctors is up for debate in some quarters. The UK has seen backlash about role replacement by physician assistants and UK resident doctor strikes over pay and training posts. Meanwhile, t...
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HIV i-Base @hiv-i-base.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Event-based #PrEP dosing for women: a challenge to #guidelines and an activist issue: i-base.info/htb/52959 Two new papers in @jidjournal.bsky.social offer the hope of simpler event-based dosing using only 4-5 pills. #HIVsky #HIVprevention #PrEP4women #HIV #PrEPguidelines #HIVguidelines
Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Event-based PrEP for women. Easier options if you want them. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. A smaller rectangle in the bottom right, reads: HIV news. 2026. There are various dotted patterns. The colours used in the image are pastel green, pastel cyan, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple, dark orange, bright coral, pastel grey-blue, turquoise, orange, dark green, mustard and white.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 15/01/2026
BREAKING: The controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau has been *cancelled,* I can now report. A senior official with Africa CDC confirmed the cancellation and said GB officials are working to make sure any research is conducted ethically: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
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Veronique Martin @v-martin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Some great work led by @drrageshri.bsky.social we have been involved in
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
*NEW PUBLICATION** What can we learn from the COVID-19 pandemic to help better support people stay engaged in HIV clinical care? A lot it seems! Delighted our first mixed methods paper from the London-based SHIELD study is published @hivmedicine.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
*NEW PUBLICATION** What can we learn from the COVID-19 pandemic to help better support people stay engaged in HIV clinical care? A lot it seems! Delighted our first mixed methods paper from the London-based SHIELD study is published @hivmedicine.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Goodbye 2025 🫶🏽
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Mícheál Ó Domhnaill @psymod.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
I haven’t been able to put this book down. @drrageshri.bsky.social names, in such a balanced way, so many of the tensions and barriers that exist for medical doctors and patients in the context of the NHS. I’m compelled to keep reading, but I’ll get nothing else done this weekend 😂 Buy this book!
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/11/2025
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Incredible to deliver the Sydenham Lecture at the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries this week! Thank you @gentlemedic.bsky.social for the invite.
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Incredible to deliver the Sydenham Lecture at the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries this week! Thank you @gentlemedic.bsky.social for the invite.
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Some photos from the rather wonderful and very atmospheric @oldoptheatre.bsky.social this week, where I gave a talk on #Unheard voices in medicine. It was lovely to see some familiar faces and have a fantastic and detailed discussion! Would highly recommend visiting the museum.
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BJGP Open @bjgpopen.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Dr Dhairyawan's book 'Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing' goes deeper into this subject: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/rages... 3/3
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Unheard
Have you ever felt unheard by your doctor? Been frustrated that they haven't understood your symptoms, that they have neglected your concerns? When Dr Rag...
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BJGP Open @bjgpopen.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We were honoured to have Dr Dhairyawan as our keynote speaker at the BJGP Research & Publishing Conference earlier this year. You can watch her extraordinary talk on medical silencing here: youtu.be/ofLPVQjlEJo 2/3
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Medical silencing keynote at BJGP conference 2025
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BJGP Open @bjgpopen.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Congratulations to Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, who was named Campaigner for Health Equity Award at Women of the Year Awards 2025! www.womenoftheyear.co.uk/team/rageshr... 1/3
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan - Women of the Year
Her work in sexual health and HIV medicine in East London has given Rageshri unique insight into people in marginalised communities who face a lot of stigma because of the conditions they have. “Seein...
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Meaghan Kall @kallmemeg.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Excellent news for HIV prevention in England & Wales 👏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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First injection to stop HIV approved
The shot, given six times a year or every other month, is an alternative to taking daily pills to protect against ever catching the virus.
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
It was such an honour to win a Woman of the Year campaigner for health equity award yesterday! An incredible day, and I’m so grateful to everyone I’ve worked with over the last 20+ years.
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
@qmullibrary.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
It was such an honour to win a Woman of the Year campaigner for health equity award yesterday! An incredible day, and I’m so grateful to everyone I’ve worked with over the last 20+ years.
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
An incredible experience to present work at the @rcgp.bsky.social conference yesterday! #RCGP2025 #RCGPAC
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Thrilled to be in Wales for the @rcgp.bsky.social conference! I’ll be speaking at the closing plenary tomorrow about medical silencing. If you’re there, come and say hello!
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Honoured to be here with @ranaawdish.bsky.social! Thank you @madhupai.bsky.social 💜
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Myles Helfand @myhelfy.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
If you’re looking for a weekend HIV-focused listen (or read — we’ve got a transcript!), I can hardly think of a better one than Rageshri’s words on how to improve outcomes by giving your patients your ear. I’m still thrilled she joined me for this conversation!
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Honoured to be here with @ranaawdish.bsky.social! Thank you @madhupai.bsky.social 💜
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Two books that should inspire all of us to listen to patients, believe in patients, partner with patients, and change how we do medical research and pratice In Shock by @ranaawdish.bsky.social Unheard by @drrageshri.bsky.social
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
In her book "Unheard" @drrageshri.bsky.social writes "If we truly want a more equal healthcare system, then we need to listen more ethically to patients, particularly the most marginalised" www.hachette.co.uk/titles/rages...
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Unheard
Have you ever felt unheard by your doctor? Been frustrated that they haven't understood your symptoms, that they have neglected your concerns? When Dr Rag...
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
How Listening Can Help Your Patients Heal—and Stay Engaged in HIV Care Such a delight to join Myles Helfand on this podcast episode of ‘The Future of HIV Care’ for The Body Pro! www.thebodypro.com/podcast/hiv/...
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How Listening Can Help Your Patients Heal—and Stay Engaged in HIV Care
Rageshri Dhairyawan, M.B.B.S., FRCP, discusses nuances of hearing our patients — and on how to incorporate it into HIV care provision in a way that improves their long-term health and keeps them engag...
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Lukas Engelmann @engelmal.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Yes 📣 @katewomersley.com 📣 "This political theatre highlights a longstanding and harmful problem: pregnant women, and their babies, are routinely let down by partial, poor-quality and missing medical evidence." 👇👇👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Pregnant women deserve so much better than Trump’s theatre of scaremongering and shame | Kate Womersley
There is no credible evidence linking autism with maternal paracetamol use. But the US president’s ‘tough it out’ message could harm mothers and babies, says doctor Kate Womersley
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
It’s #WorldPatientSafetyDay! My book Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing explores whose voices are systematically dismissed & disbelieved in medicine & how this impacts patient safety & health equity. And crucially, what we can do to address this! www.amazon.co.uk/Unheard-Prac...
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
**UNHEARD BOOK EVENT - LONDON** 21st October at the beautiful Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garrett in London. I used to pass this venue all the time when I was a medical student at Guys Hospital so this is really exciting! Join us! Tickets 👇🏽 oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/...
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Patients Association @patients-association.org.uk · 20/09/2025
🎧 Looking for a weekend listen? Check out our session with @drrageshri.bsky.social about the transformative power of listening in medical care on Spotify or Apple podcasts! Spotify: buff.ly/MBTpkId Apple: buff.ly/6iuasaO
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The Patients Association Podcast
Podcast · The Patients Association · The Patients Association is an independent patient charity, that works directly with patients to campaign for improvements in health and social care. Here you'll…
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
It’s #WorldPatientSafetyDay! My book Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing explores whose voices are systematically dismissed & disbelieved in medicine & how this impacts patient safety & health equity. And crucially, what we can do to address this! www.amazon.co.uk/Unheard-Prac...
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Phoenix Health Movement @phoenixhealthm.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Episode 4 of Positive Health, the broadcast series focused on HIV & Black communities, is available to watch on demand. Hosts @susancolehaley.bsky.social & Denis Onyango are joined by @drrageshri.bsky.social & Rebecca Mbewe in conversation. www.youtube.com/live/XVh8_aC...
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Positive Health Live - Episode Four
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Off to do my first ever opening plenary at an international conference! I’ll be talking about how we can amplify and listen to unheard voices in medicine 😅🥳
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