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Is there a bone marrow registry in Barbados?
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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Barbados can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Barbados' Queen Elizabeth Hospital covers the National Blood Collecting Centre and blood drives on its site, but none of the site's 551 addresses is about marrow or stem cell donation. 1
| Region | Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas 4 |
|---|---|
| Population | About 282,000 (2023) 5 |
| Registry | None found as of 3 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Barbados lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 7 |
| Transplants | Dr Nerissa Jurawan, a transplant nephrologist at Barbados' Queen Elizabeth Hospital, told Barbados Today in Nov 2020 that the hospital had done kidney and corneal transplants and hoped a new transplant bill would also cover liver and bone marrow transplants; the paper reported that the law would end the need to send tissue typing samples to the United States. 9 |
| Where we looked | 5 places, in English |
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What we found in Barbados
Barbados’ national hospital lists blood drives but no marrow sign-up. 1
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, no organization based in Barbados was on WMDA’s member map or in its organization database. 3 6 | |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados | English | On Oct 11, 2026, the site map of Barbados’ Queen Elizabeth Hospital listed blood-collection and blood-drive items only, with nothing on marrow or stem cell donors. 1 | |
| Government of Saint Lucia — Ministry of Health, Wellness and Nutrition (GIS) | English | On Oct 11, 2026, a search found no Barbados drive, only 2016 regional notices from the Caribbean Bone Marrow Registry, a Florida-based group that isn’t listed in WMDA’s Search & Match. 2 | |
| Barbados Today | English | On Oct 16, 2026, a search of Barbados Today for 'bone marrow' found stories the paper published from 2020 to 2026 on organ transplant law and on children needing treatment abroad, and none about a marrow donor registry or donor drive in Barbados. 14 | |
| Web search | English | Nothing to add |
Has Barbados announced a registry or a law?
In Jul 2026, Barbados' Human Tissue Transplant Bill passed the Senate and had its second reading in the House of Assembly; Barbados Today reported that it provides for a Transplant Council and a National Donor and Transplantation Registry, in a debate about organ donation after death. 10
Questions about Barbados
Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in Barbados?
Dr Nerissa Jurawan, a transplant nephrologist at Barbados' Queen Elizabeth Hospital, told Barbados Today in Nov 2020 that the hospital had done kidney and corneal transplants and hoped a new transplant bill would also cover liver and bone marrow transplants; the paper reported that the law would end the need to send tissue typing samples to the United States. 9
Can a hospital in Barbados search abroad for a donor?
Barbados Today reported in Aug 2026 that a 14-year-old with acute myeloid leukemia had died while awaiting a bone marrow transplant, and that the Democratic Labour Party called for a state-funded national fund to pay for children's treatment abroad, including bone marrow transplants. 11
Barbados Today reported in May 2026 that a 17-year-old with leukemia had left Barbados for treatment at a hospital in Colombia, and in Oct 2025 that staff at Sol (Barbados) Ltd raised $52,200 for an 11-year-old with thalassemia preparing for a bone marrow transplant. 12 13
Barbados is one of six Caribbean countries where the SickKids-Caribbean Initiative, run from Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, has worked since 2013 on care for children with cancer and blood disorders, investing almost US$10 million in training by Nov 2022, the Jamaica Observer reported. 8
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Know of a registry in Barbados?
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Registries
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados. QEH sitemaps (post, page, download, FAQ; 551 URLs).
Official bodies
- Government of Saint Lucia — Ministry of Health, Wellness and Nutrition (GIS). Bone marrow donor drive. Updated Jun 15, 2016.
Figures and lists
- World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
- United Nations Statistics Division. Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49): Overview (English table).
- UN DESA Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024: Total population by sex (CSV).
- WMDA (Share, Organisation data public access). Database.
- WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.
Other sources
- Jamaica Observer. SickKids Caribbean initiative launches fund-raising to aid Jamaican children with cancer. Updated Nov 6, 2022. Checked
- Barbados Today. Legislation underway to allow for organ harvesting. Updated Nov 3, 2020. Checked
- Barbados Today. Landmark transplant bill moves forward. Updated Jul 14, 2026. Checked
- Barbados Today. Teen’s death prompts DLP medical fund call. Updated Aug 10, 2026. Checked
- Barbados Today. Family ‘overwhelmed’ by support as teen begins urgent treatment abroad. Updated May 4, 2026. Checked
- Barbados Today. Hope for young boy’s lifesaving surgery from energy firm’s gift. Updated Oct 18, 2025. Checked
- Barbados Today. You searched for bone marrow. Checked