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Is there a bone marrow registry in Botswana?
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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Botswana can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Botswana’s first bone marrow transplant service opened at Sidilega Private Hospital in Gaborone, with patients sent by Princess Marina Hospital, the government’s Daily News reported in July 2023. 9
| Region | Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa 6 |
|---|---|
| Population | About 2.5 million (2023) 7 |
| Registry | None found as of 4 5 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Botswana lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 5 |
| Transplants | A clinical hematologist told Botswana’s Daily News in July 2023 that Sidilega’s service had treated 21 patients since April 2022, 20 of them successfully, and that Botswana’s government had been paying for the treatment outside Africa, in countries like India. 9 |
| Where we looked | 5 places, in English |
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What we found in Botswana
Botswana’s Daily News reported a marrow transplant unit opening in Gaborone in 2023. 9
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
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| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, WMDA’s map of member registries showed none based in Botswana, and no organization based in Botswana listed donor records in WMDA’s Search & Match. 4 5 | |
| Ministry of Health and Wellness, Botswana | English | On Oct 16, 2026, the homepage of Botswana’s Ministry of Health and Wellness carried news of Moshupa Primary Hospital and other projects, but nothing on stem cell or marrow donors. 3 | |
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An English web search on Oct 16, 2026 found no donor registry in Botswana; it led to the transplant unit the government’s Daily News reported in August 2023, launched by Health Minister Edwin Dikoloti at Sidilega Private Hospital with Princess Marina Hospital. 10
Can people in Botswana join a registry abroad?
Are stem cell transplants done in Botswana?
Launching the service in August 2023, Botswana’s Minister of Health, Dr Edwin Dikoloti, said bone marrow cancers were among the five most common cancers in adults and the most common cancer in children in Botswana, the Daily News reported. 10
Before Botswana’s own service, a 68-year-old man from Botswana with multiple myeloma had an autologous transplant at Wockhardt Hospitals in Nagpur, India, because there was no expertise in his country, the hospital said in 2022. 11
Has Botswana announced a registry or a law?
In February 2023 the Windhoek Express reported that Namibia’s new bone marrow donor program, working with existing registries, could later help start similar programs in Botswana and Angola. We haven’t found any later news of a Botswana program. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. 8
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Registries
- SABMR. Donor Exclusion Criteria - SABMR.
- DKMS Africa. Blood stem cell registration form for non-sa citizens.
Official bodies
- Ministry of Health and Wellness, Botswana. Ministry Of Health & Wellness, Botswana.
Figures and lists
- World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
- WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.
- 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).
Other sources
- Windhoek Express. Bone marrow registry on the way. Updated Feb 28, 2023.
- Daily News (Botswana Government). Bone marrow transplant services available in Botswana. Updated Jul 27, 2023.
- Daily News (Botswana Government). Minister Dikoloti hails collaborations. Updated Aug 7, 2023. Checked
- Wockhardt Hospitals. Successful Bone Marrow Transplant of International Patient. Updated Sep 13, 2022. Checked