Welcome to the first babies of 2025
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These babies have arrived in our maternity units around the world, where hundreds of mothers give birth every day in complete safety thanks to our equipment.
Despite conflicts, natural disasters, population movements and extreme violence, life goes on. We strive to ensure that giving birth in the midst of a humanitarian crisis does not constitute a health risk.
Because no woman should die giving birth.
We hope that the world you arrive in will be a much better place this year.
South Soudan
Welcome, Nyamuch!
This little girl came into the world weighing 3.2 kg. Her name means ‘gift’ in the local Nuer language. Her mother, Nyakuola Nguot Gang, asked our team to choose the baby's name as a thank you for our work.
During her pregnancy, we treated Nyakuola several times, as she was suffering from hepatitis E and malaria.
I am grateful to MSF because they helped me to stay healthy during my pregnancy so that I could give birth to a healthy baby girl."
Afghanistan
Shabana, her proud parents' first child
Weighing in at 3.13 kg, Shabana was the first baby born in our Khost maternity hospital in 2025. She is the first child of her proud parents.
A courageous mother
A few minutes later, in the maternity ward of Boost provincial hospital, a brave mother, 8 months pregnant, welcomed a baby boy. The family are delighted with the arrival of their little one and have decided to name him Haqmal.
Congratulations to both families!
Sudan
It's a boy!
We welcome the first baby born in 2025 at the Um Rakuba refugee camp hospital in Sudan.
Rigat, his mother, gave birth at 2.25 am. She is Ethiopian and was forced to flee to Sudan when conflict broke out in the Tigray region in 2020.
Um Rakuba camp is home to Ethiopian refugees and we have been working in the camp hospital since 2021.
It's hard to express what it means to me to give birth to a healthy baby after all we've been through with the conflict and now after years in this camp.’
‘But even with the happiness of this birth, I think about the future and wonder if my child will have the opportunity to be educated and live without the same difficulties. More than anything, I hope for a peaceful future.
We all wish the mother and her baby the very best.
Bangladesh
‘The midwives took very good care of me’
Nur Shahera came into the world after an uncomplicated delivery.
‘The midwives took very good care of me’, explains her mother, Shomin Ara, who hopes that her daughter “will have a better future”.
‘My dream is for my son to become a teacher’.
Rokeya gave birth to her first child, who weighed 2.6 kg. ‘I dream that one day my son will be a teacher and educate many people. I found it difficult to study, but I want my son to get a good education’, says his enthusiastic mother.
Pakistan
Welcome, little miracles!
We are delighted to welcome these three babies to our maternity units in the province of Baluchistan. This region has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country.
In 2023, we supported 13,200 births in the province, and in August 2024, our teams assisted a further 9,640 births.