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Is there a bone marrow registry in Djibouti?

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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Djibouti can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Djibouti has no national cancer center yet: in February 2026 the Islamic Development Bank agreed US$26.10 million toward its first, to reduce how often patients must seek care abroad. 4

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Djibouti at a glance
PlaceDjibouti (جيبوتي) 11
RegionEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa 9
PopulationAbout 1.2 million (2023) 10
RegistryNone found as of 7 8
World donor searchNo organization based in Djibouti lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 8
TransplantsThe Islamic Development Bank expects Djibouti’s planned oncology center to serve 6,000 outpatients a year, at least 60 percent of them women, and 1,200 inpatients, and to cut the yearly cost of cancer treatment abroad by up to half; the bank’s release says nothing about stem cell transplants. 4
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What we found in Djibouti

Djibouti’s first national cancer center was financed in February 2026. 4

WhereLanguageFindingDate
World Marrow Donor AssociationEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, WMDA’s map of member registries showed none based in Djibouti, and no organization based in Djibouti listed donor records in WMDA’s Search & Match. 7 8
Ministère de la Santé, DjiboutiFrenchOn Oct 11, 2026, the homepage of Djibouti’s Ministry of Health had nothing on bone marrow or stem cells, and its search just returned the homepage. 5
Ministère de la Santé, DjiboutiFrenchThe Djibouti Ministry of Health’s own search for “cancer” again returned its homepage on Oct 16, 2026; the homepage led with news of Health Minister Mouna Osman Aden, in office since a handover on May 18, 2026, and said nothing about cancer care or marrow donors. 6
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  • Web search French and Arabic · 2 searches,

Searching the web on Oct 16, 2026 turned up nothing on a donor registry or transplant service in Djibouti; the Islamic Development Bank’s release on the oncology center, read that day, says the project follows its modernization of Al-Shifa Hospital. 4

Can people in Djibouti join a registry abroad?

South Africa’s two registries don’t take people living in Djibouti: on Oct 11, 2026, DKMS Africa’s form asked first whether you live in South Africa, and SABMR excluded anyone not living there. DKMS Africa takes other nationals only after 18 months living in South Africa. 1 2 3

Are stem cell transplants done in Djibouti?

The Islamic Development Bank says its Djibouti oncology project includes US$0.40 million for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and training to build local medical skills, under its Reverse Linkage program. 4

Cancer accounts for a significant share of hospital admissions and in-hospital deaths in Djibouti, the Islamic Development Bank said in February 2026, and seeking care abroad often weighs on families financially and logistically. 4

Has Djibouti announced a registry or a law?

Djibouti’s Finance Minister, Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, signed the oncology center’s financing in Jeddah in February 2026 with Islamic Development Bank President Muhammad Al Jasser, and Djibouti’s government is adding US$2.25 million; the announcement was about cancer care, not a donor registry. 4

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Official bodies

  1. Ministère de la Santé, Djibouti. Ministère de la santé.
  2. Ministère de la Santé, Djibouti. Ministère de la santé. Checked

Other sources

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