The 14-year-old schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban and flown to a British hospital for treatment spent a "stable" night in hospital and has a chance of making "a good recovery," doctors have said.
Malala Yousafzai, from Pakistan, was transferred by air ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth in Birmingham yesterday.
On Tuesday evening a statement from the hospital said that Malala continues to make good progress under the care of specialist doctors.
The plane carrying the teenager touched down on Monday afternoon
Medical Director Dr Dave Rosser said that the team had been “impressed with her strength and resilience”.
Her condition was described as “stable” and her response to treatment so far indicated that she could make a good recovery from her injuries.
On Monday Dr Anders Cohen, Chief of Neurosurgery at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, explained that Malala had passed "two major hurdles."
"The removal of the bullet and the very critical 48 hour window after surgery. She’s also showed some response, which is cause for cautious optimism, but she has a long way to go," he told the Huffington Post UK.
"Her age is also in her favour. A young person’s brain has more recovery ability than an older person."
The teenager's life was saved by neurosurgeons in a Pakistani military hospital and she has since been in intensive care.
She was attacked by the Taliban for promoting girls' education and criticising the militant group.
The teenager was shot on a bus in front of her friends in what Foreign Secretary William Hague described as a "barbaric attack".
Malala was only 11 when she started documenting how difficult it was to get an education: "I dreamt of a country where education would prevail," she wrote.
Nepalese students take part in a candlelight vigil to express their support for Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai
Her anonymous blog, first published by BBC Urdu, documented Taliban atrocities committed in Pakistan’s Swat Valley and saw the schoolgirl receive international praise.
She was awarded the country’s first peace award by Pakistan’s prime minister in 2011. Her bravery has been hailed by activists and politicians alike.
Afghan students express their support for Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai outside their school in Herat
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the attack, saying “only those, who are against progress and development of the peoples on both sides of the Durand line [the international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan], could perpetrate such a crime.”
In a blog for The Huffington Post former UK prime minister said he would be visiting Pakistan next month to speak with President Asif Ali Zardari about Malala's cause of education for girls.
Malala has been writing a blog about atrocities committed by the Taliban
"Malala's plight has unleashed an unprecedented outpouring of public support. Now all of us must make that support count -- and deliver on the cause she has been fighting for -- her dream of education for every child," he said.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is a dedicated Major Trauma Centre and is where every British soldier severely injured overseas is treated.
Doctors at the hospital are among the world’s best at treating major head injuries, severe knife or gunshot wounds and spinal injuries.
Opened in June 2010, the £545million facility boasts state-of-art equipment, 1,213 inpatient beds, 32 operating theatres and the largest single-floor critical care unit in the world, with 100 beds.
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