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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 ��ƷSM����ӰƬ anthropology alums facilitate rapid COVID relief in Brazil by coordinating an effort to deliver breathing devices

In January,��The Washington Post����a 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 ��ƷSM����ӰƬ 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.

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