Dr. Aurora Revuelta

• Medical Team Leader, MSF Uvira (current)

• Previously coordinated MSF field operations in African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American emergencies

• Special expertise in complex emergencies, infectious disease outbreak control, trauma and malnutrition management, and humanitarian logistics

• From February to May 2025, led treatment of nearly 400 war-wounded and over 800 cholera patients with free care for thousands more including survivors of sexual violence

• Oversaw MSF’s rehabilitation of water supplies and prevention infrastructure for epidemic disease

• Managed logistical and access challenges across conflict lines, boosting MSF’s operational capacity in one of the DRC's toughest humanitarian contexts

Dr. Aurora Revuelta is the leader of MSF’s emergency medical response in Uvira, tasked with delivering life-saving care to conflict-affected, displaced, and epidemic-threatened populations. Her work encompasses emergency surgery, trauma medicine, cholera response, sexual violence care, and water systems rehabilitation, often with heroic field operations in active war zones. Dr. Revuelta exemplifies humanitarian medical leadership, supporting vulnerable communities through repeated crises with professionalism, compassion, and tireless field coordination.