Yusuf Choudhury is brimming with energy and fun.

But he was born with microcephaly, literally a small brain, which has left him with learning difficulties.

Video report by ITV News' correspondent Dan Rivers

His condition is the same as babies born with the Zika virus in south America, except Yousef’s wasn’t caused by Zika, but rather a genetic blood disorder Fanconi Anaemia, which has also caused a number of other complications, meaning he has to be fed through a tube and needs a bone marrow transplant.

Newborn Yusuf and his parents Credit: ITV News

When he was born, doctors gave a grim prognosis telling his parents that he might be so affected he might not even know they were there. His parents have already done an amazing job to stimulate him and give him a quality of life that has defied the medical expectations.

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But there is much more they hope to do and their Facebook page has more information about the challenges ahead. Above all their message is simple: there is hope for people with microcephaly.

They call him their little warrior – and it’s true, he fights every day to beat his condition, one that we’re going to hear an awful lot more about in 2016.