Senator Roger Wicker

Senator Wicker has been a steadfast champion for global health innovation during his 14 years in the Senate. As founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), he has worked tirelessly to push forward policies and funding to advance the fight against these and other global health challenges. Serving as lead Republican co-sponsor, he helped advance passage of the End NTDs Act, which strengthened the innovation mandate of the NTD Program at the US Agency for International Development, and as a member of the Armed Services Committee, he has fought to protect Army and Navy malaria research programs from elimination.

As the world has confronted global health crises from polio to HIV/AIDS to now COVID-19, Senator Wicker has advocated for the United States to be a leading force in the international response to these threats. His passion for global health is rooted in the belief that these investments are not only good for the world, but also good for America. “I will continue to work to advance global health funding,” he said, “It saves lives and is a powerful tool to promote US leadership, security, and diplomacy abroad.”