DJIBOUTI · AFRICA
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
| Place | Djibouti (جيبوتي) 11 |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa 9 |
| Population | About 1.2 million (2023) 10 |
| Registry | None found as of 7 8 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Djibouti lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 8 |
| Transplants | The 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 |
| Where we looked | 7 places, in English, French and Arabic |
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What we found in Djibouti
Djibouti’s first national cancer center was financed in February 2026. 4
| 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 Djibouti, and no organization based in Djibouti listed donor records in WMDA’s Search & Match. 7 8 | |
| Ministère de la Santé, Djibouti | French | On 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, Djibouti | French | The 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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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?
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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Registries
- SABMR. Donor Exclusion Criteria - SABMR.
- DKMS Africa. Registration (1/11) - first eligibility screen.
- DKMS Africa. Blood stem cell registration form for non-sa citizens.
- Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). IsDB and Djibouti Sign Agreement to Build First National Oncology Center. Updated Feb 3, 2026. Checked
Official bodies
- Ministère de la Santé, Djibouti. Ministère de la santé.
- Ministère de la Santé, Djibouti. Ministère de la santé. Checked
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
- Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Africa). Checked
