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Rabat – The world’s first known surviving nonuplets have turned five years old this week. Born on May 4, 2021, in Casablanca, the nine children made global headlines from the moment they arrived.
The babies were born to Malian couple Halima and Abdelkader in a specialized clinic in Casablanca. Their birth was considered extraordinary, as no previous set of nine babies had all survived.
The case quickly drew international attention, both because of its rarity and because of the complex medical care required to ensure the babies’ survival in their earliest days.
The nonuplets were delivered by cesarean section at 30 weeks of pregnancy, with birth weights ranging between 500 grams and one kilogram.
Halima began her pregnancy follow-up in Bamako, Mali, before being transferred to the Ain Borja clinic in Morocco to ensure better medical supervision for this rare and high-risk pregnancy.
At the time, Mali’s Ministry of Health congratulated the medical teams in both Mali and Morocco for their high level of professionalism, and wished the mother and her children continued health and long life.
Five years later, the children are growing up healthy and strong, as shown in videos shared by their parents.
Guinness World Records also joined in celebrating the children’s fifth birthday. “Happy 5th birthday to Mali’s miracle nonuplets,” the organization said.
The organization had also previously recognized them as the first known set of nonuplets to survive infancy.
