Expertise in: Emergency response, global health and humanitarian crisis.

Dr Maria Guevara is the current MSF International Medical Secretary based in Geneva, Switzerland. Before taking on the post in February 2021, she had been the Global Health Advisor at MSF Switzerland and held the dossier on Attacks on Healthcare. Her extensive humanitarian field work began in 2004 and has spanned across countries in Africa, Americas, and Asia in both emergency and stable settings as well as being the organisation's Regional Representative in Asia from 2012 to 2017. She has also served in various advisory groups in WHO and other institutions. Trained in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Tropical Medicine, her focus are in Response to Emergencies, Global Health, and Planetary Health.