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Is there a bone marrow registry in Ecuador?
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As of , no bone marrow donor registry signs up people who live in Ecuador. Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health sent a patient to Spain for a marrow transplant in Oct 2023, saying no facility in Ecuador did the procedure he needed, and covered the costs. 6
| Region | South America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas 11 |
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| Population | About 18 million (2023) 12 |
| Registry | None found as of 9 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Ecuador lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 13 |
| Transplants | In Jul 2022, Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health said three SOLCA cancer hospitals, in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca, were accredited for adult and pediatric stem cell transplants. 7 |
| Where we looked | 7 places, in English and Spanish |
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What we found in Ecuador
Ecuador sent a marrow transplant patient to Spain in 2023. 6
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
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| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, no organization based in Ecuador was on WMDA’s member map or in its organization database. 9 10 | |
| Gobierno del Ecuador (gob.ec) - INDOT | Spanish | On Oct 11, 2026, the service list of Ecuador’s donation and transplant institute (INDOT) offered authorization to import cells for transplant and accreditation of transplant programs, but no way to sign up as a stem cell donor. 4 5 | |
| Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP) | Spanish | On Oct 11, 2026, a search of Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health site for “médula ósea” found news of patients sent abroad for transplants, including a Jul 11, 2024 story, but no donor registry. 6 8 | |
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Can people in Ecuador join a registry abroad?
Are stem cell transplants done in Ecuador?
Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health said in Jul 2022 that INDOT had coordinated 25 bone marrow transplants in the first half of that year, alongside 71 kidney, 18 liver, 8 heart and 152 cornea transplants. 7
Has Ecuador announced a registry or a law?
In Jul 2022, Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health, through INDOT, signed a commitment with Hackensack University Medical Center in the U.S. for technical and scientific cooperation on marrow transplants. 7
Questions about Ecuador
Can a hospital in Ecuador search abroad for a donor?
Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health said the patient it sent abroad was treated at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, which looked for an unrelated donor; he needed the transplant at once, so his daughter donated, on Nov 15, 2023. 6
Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health said in Jul 2022 that it had agreed to make Meridian Health, in the United States, one of its international providers for when a transplant service isn’t available in Ecuador. 7
Cells brought into Ecuador for a transplant need an INDOT import authorization, which an accredited specialist requests on form RG-INDOT-175; INDOT handles it at its offices in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca. 5
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Registries
- INDOT. INDOT website. Unavailable when read
- IDCBIS - DarCélulas. Quiero preinscribirme (DarCélulas pre-registration form). Checked
- NMDP. Join the donor registry | NMDP.
Official bodies
- Gobierno del Ecuador (gob.ec) - INDOT. Instituto Nacional de Donación y Trasplante de Órganos, Tejidos y Células - trámites.
- gob.ec - INDOT. Autorización para la importación y exportación de tejidos y células para trasplante.
- MSP Ecuador. Trasplante exitoso de médula ósea fue posible gracias a derivación internacional. Updated Jul 11, 2024.
- MSP Ecuador. Programa para trasplante de médula se fortalecerá en Ecuador. Updated Jul 29, 2022.
- Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP). Search results: médula ósea.
Figures and lists
- World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
- WMDA (Share, organisation data public access). Database.
- 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).
- WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.