When Baby Joy entered the world weighing just 1.5 kilograms, she was far too small to keep herself warm. Born at 32 weeks in Cameroon to a mother who had not been able to access antenatal care, she arrived already fighting for her life. By the time she reached the health facility, her body temperature had dropped dangerously low. She was too fragile for skin-to-skin care, so providers placed her in a traditional incubator to stabilize her. While the incubator helped regulate

In northern Ethiopia, the walls of Maitsebri Primary Hospital hold stories of resilience—of families rebuilding after conflict and of newborns who arrive already fighting to survive. One of those stories belongs to Tirhas, a 22-year-old first-time mother who traveled for hours from her remote village, hoping her baby girl would be safe in the hands of the midwives who serve this community every day. When her daughter was born, she weighed just 2.1 kilograms—too small to regul

Morning light spilled through the windows of a hospital in western Ukraine as doctors worked quietly to save a newborn boy they called Little Sparrow. He had come into the world far earlier than expected, his tiny body too fragile to hold its own warmth. His mother, Natalya, had already lost her home in Donetsk, but she refused to lose hope. Every day, she sat by his side, whispering that his brothers and sisters were waiting for him to come home. As his temperature fell, the