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Is there a bone marrow registry in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba?

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As of , no bone marrow donor registry signs up people who live in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. Matchis signs up people living in the Netherlands; its 2024 report only studied recruiting on these islands. 1 3

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Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba at a glance
PlaceBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Caribisch Nederland) 11
RegionCaribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas 8
PopulationAbout 29,900 (2023) 9
World donor searchNo organization based in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 10
TransplantsWhen specialist care isn't available on Bonaire, Sint Eustatius or Saba, Zorg en Jeugd Caribisch Nederland (ZJCN) refers insured patients to contracted providers in Sint Maarten, Curaçao, Aruba, Colombia and the Netherlands; it counted 6,971 such referrals in 2025, up from 6,787 in 2024. 6
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Why is there no link to a registry in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba?

Matchis’s rule covers people who live in the Netherlands, but its 2024 report describes a feasibility study for the Caribbean Netherlands, and on Jun 17, 2026 it said programs on the other Caribbean islands would follow its Aruba start. 1 3 4

What we found in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

Matchis was still studying recruitment in the Caribbean Netherlands. 3

WhereLanguageFindingDate
Stichting MatchisDutchOn Oct 11, 2026, a Dutch search found Matchis’s Aruba announcements, including an Oct 2024 note that Aruba’s Horacio Oduber Hospital also treats patients from Bonaire, and nothing about registering on Bonaire. 4 5
Stichting MatchisDutchOn Oct 11, 2026, Matchis’s eligibility rules didn’t say whether Bonaire, Sint Eustatius or Saba count as “in the Netherlands”, and its 2024 report described recruitment there as still being studied. 1 2 3
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Has Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba announced a registry or a law?

Matchis's 2024 annual report says a feasibility study that year found that recruiting stem cell donors in the Caribbean Netherlands could improve the supply of matching donors for people of non-Western background; the Dutch health ministry granted €61,611 for the study's second phase, and Matchis applied for a further grant at the end of 2024. 3

Questions about Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba?

When specialist care isn't available on Bonaire, Sint Eustatius or Saba, Zorg en Jeugd Caribisch Nederland (ZJCN) refers insured patients to contracted providers in Sint Maarten, Curaçao, Aruba, Colombia and the Netherlands; it counted 6,971 such referrals in 2025, up from 6,787 in 2024. 6

Can a hospital in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba search abroad for a donor?

Patients from Bonaire are referred mostly to Curaçao and Aruba, and those from Saba and Sint Eustatius mostly to Sint Maarten, ZJCN reported in Feb 2026; in Jan 2025 its case managers and the islands' health commissioners visited treatment centers in Cali and Medellín that take patients from the three islands. 6 7

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Sources

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Registries

  1. Stichting Matchis. Wie kan stamceldonor worden? | Stichting Matchis. Checked
  2. Stichting Matchis. Who can become a stem cell donor? | Stichting Matchis. Checked
  3. Stichting Matchis. Jaarverslag Matchis 2024. July 2025.
  4. Stichting Matchis. Start werving stamceldonoren op Aruba. Updated Jun 17, 2026. Checked
  5. Stichting Matchis. Eerste stap van Matchis buiten Nederland: samenwerking met het Horacio Oduber Hospital in Aruba. Updated Oct 8, 2024.

Official bodies

  1. Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland. Aantal medische uitzendingen stijgt licht in 2025. Updated Feb 12, 2026. Checked
  2. Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland. ZJCN en gedeputeerden bezoeken zorgaanbieders in Colombia. Updated Jan 23, 2025. Checked

Figures and lists

  1. United Nations Statistics Division. Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49): Overview (English table).
  2. UN DESA Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024: Total population by sex (CSV).
  3. WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.

Other sources

  1. Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (North America). Checked