 A new collaboration between the Government of Canada and the Pan-American Health Organization, PAHO, is being launched to improve the health and protection of populations in situations of high vulnerability due to COVID-19. To meet this target, Canada is contributing Canadian $50 million in support of PAHO's critical work in the Caribbean and Latin America towards readiness and access to COVID-19 vaccines for at-risk women, migrants, refugees, transient persons, indigenous and vulnerable populations in areas where health conditions are typically precarious. Dr. Carissa Atien, Director of PAHO, says the collaboration was born with the common vision that COVID-19 vaccines should not be a privilege but a right for every person, regardless of their ethnicity, economic condition, gender, migratory status or whether they reside in a city or rural area.