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Is there a bone marrow registry in Bolivia?

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As of , no bone marrow donor registry signs up people who live in Bolivia. Bolivia’s Ministry of Health and Sports published a national standard for stem cell transplants in 2025 that sets out how to start a search for an unrelated donor in international registries. 3

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Bolivia at a glance
RegionSouth America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas 11
PopulationAbout 12.2 million (2023) 12
RegistryNone found as of 9
World donor searchNo organization based in Bolivia lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 13
TransplantsIn Mar 2016, Bolivia’s Ministry of Health said the Hospital del Niño would open an oncology and hematology unit to do marrow transplants for children with cancer. 4
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What we found in Bolivia

Bolivia’s 2025 transplant standard covers donor searches abroad. 3

WhereLanguageFindingDate
World Marrow Donor AssociationEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, no organization based in Bolivia was on WMDA’s member map or in its organization database. 9 10
Ministerio de Salud y Deportes de BoliviaSpanishOn Oct 11, 2026, a search of Bolivia’s health ministry site for “médula ósea” returned 13 results, including Mar 2016 hospital news and the 2025 transplant standard, but no donor registry. 4
Ministerio de Salud y Deportes de BoliviaSpanishOn Oct 11, 2026, a search of Bolivia’s health ministry site for “progenitores hematopoyéticos” returned only two 2025 transplant documents. 5
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Can people in Bolivia join a registry abroad?

On Oct 16, 2026, the sign-up form of Colombia’s DarCélulas asked for an address in a Colombian department and city, and NMDP took only residents of the U.S., its territories or freely associated states; neither offered people living in Bolivia a way to join. 1 2

Are stem cell transplants done in Bolivia?

Bolivia’s Ministry of Health said the oncohematology block opened on Apr 12, 2016 at La Paz’s Hospital del Niño Dr. Ovidio Aliaga Uría had a marrow transplant unit and an apheresis area; in May 2016 its first 15 children moved in, while the transplant area still awaited protocols. 6 7

Has Bolivia announced a registry or a law?

Bolivia’s Ministry of Health and Sports adopted its national standard for stem cell transplant procedures by Ministerial Resolution 0424 on Sep 12, 2025. 3

In Oct 2017, Bolivia’s health minister said marrow transplants in Bolivia were getting closer, with equipment out to tender with SELADIS, the Hospital del Niño and the ministry, as she opened the first international pediatric hematology-oncology meeting in La Paz. 8

Bolivia’s 2025 stem cell transplant standard rests on Law 1716 of Nov 5, 1996, on the donation and transplantation of organs, cells and tissues, and on Supreme Decree 1115 of Dec 21, 2011, which regulates it. 3

Bolivia’s Ministry of Health and Sports published its transplant standard in Nov 2025 together with a manual for evaluating and accrediting stem cell transplant services, both from its National Kidney Health Program and prepared with support from Spain’s development agency, AECID. 3 4

Questions about Bolivia

Can a hospital in Bolivia search abroad for a donor?

Under Bolivia’s 2025 standard, an unrelated-donor search starts only once no matching relative is found, needs the patient’s high-resolution HLA typing from an EFI-accredited laboratory plus the parents’ and siblings’ typing, accepts an 8 of 10 match at least, and is paid for by the requesting center. 3

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Sources

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Registries

  1. IDCBIS - DarCélulas. Quiero preinscribirme (DarCélulas pre-registration form). Checked
  2. NMDP. Join the donor registry | NMDP.

Official bodies

  1. Ministerio de Salud y Deportes de Bolivia. Norma Nacional de Procedimientos de Trasplante de Progenitores Hematopoyéticos (R.M. N° 0424, 12 Sept 2025). Updated Sep 12, 2025.
  2. Ministerio de Salud y Deportes de Bolivia. Site search: médula ósea.
  3. Ministerio de Salud y Deportes de Bolivia. Site search: progenitores hematopoyéticos.
  4. Ministerio de Salud y Deportes de Bolivia. Gobierno central inauguró bloque oncohematológico en el Hospital del Niño, lucha contra el cáncer. Updated Apr 12, 2016. Checked
  5. Ministerio de Salud y Deportes de Bolivia. Pacientes con cáncer del Hospital del Niño son trasladados al nuevo bloque oncohematológico. Updated May 3, 2016. Checked
  6. Ministerio de Salud y Deportes de Bolivia. Bolivia más cerca de hacer trasplantes de médula ósea a niños con cáncer. Updated Oct 25, 2017. Checked

Figures and lists

  1. World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
  2. WMDA (Share, organisation data public access). Database.
  3. United Nations Statistics Division. Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49): Overview (English table).
  4. UN DESA Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024: Total population by sex (CSV).
  5. WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.