Vaccine equity needed to defeat the pandemic Sunday 21 February 2021 Caura Hospital's infection prevention and control nurse Keisha Prevatt-Gomez is one of the first frontline workers to recieve the covid19 vaccine at the Couva Hospital and Multi-Training Facility last week. - Marvin Hamilton Op-ed published by CNN co-authored by Prime Minister Dr Rowley, chairman of Caricom, and Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. On Thursday, during a virtual press conference hosted by WHO, Dr Rowley, speaking in his capacity as chair of Caricom called for the equitable distribution of vaccines to benefit all mankind and not just the privileged few.