Alumni Colleen Scanlan Lyons and Cydney Justman's COVID Relief Work Featured in A&S Magazine
CU Anthropology Alumni Colleen Scanlan Lyons (PhDAnth’10) and Cydney Justman's (Anth’10)rapid COVID relief work featured in A&S Magazine.
Way to go ANTH buffs!
Two anthropology alums facilitate rapid COVID relief in Brazil by coordinating an effort to deliver breathing devices
In January,The Washington Posta scene of growing desperation in Manaus, capital of the remote Brazilian state of Amazonas, where hospitals were being overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients and a critical shortage of oxygen supplies for patients.
“There is a collapse in the health care system in Manaus. The line for hospital beds is growing by a lot,” Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said.
“We are in a deplorable situation,” one woman said in a. “Whoever has oxygen availability, bring it here to the polyclinic. Many people are dying.”
Just weeks later, in a remarkable feat of connection and collaboration, two anthropology graduates helped coordinate an effort to deliver 400 concentrators—breathing devices that are simpler, less invasive than ventilators and can be used by more than one person—to Manaus in a matter of days.