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Is there a bone marrow registry in the Gambia?

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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in the Gambia can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. A search of the Gambia Ministry of Health’s site for “marrow” found nothing on Oct 11, 2026, and an English web search covering the Gambia, Liberia and Sierra Leone found nothing specific to the Gambia. 6

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Gambia at a glance
RegionWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa 9
PopulationAbout 2.7 million (2023) 10
RegistryNone found as of 7 8
World donor searchNo organization based in the Gambia lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 8
Where we looked5 places, in English
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What we found in the Gambia

The Gambia’s health ministry site had no results for marrow. 6

WhereLanguageFindingDate
World Marrow Donor AssociationEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, WMDA’s map of member registries showed none based in the Gambia, and no organization based in the Gambia listed donor records in WMDA’s Search & Match. 7 8
Ministry of Health, The GambiaEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, a search of the site of the Gambia’s Ministry of Health for “marrow” returned nothing. 6
3 more searches with nothing to add
  • Web search English · 2 searches,
  • NMDP English ·

Can people in the Gambia join a registry abroad?

South Africa’s two registries take only people who live in South Africa: on Oct 11, 2026, DKMS Africa’s form asked first whether you live there, and SABMR excluded anyone not living there, so people in the Gambia can’t join either from home. 4 5

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Sources

How we check

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Registries

  1. NMDP. Cooperative Registries.
  2. DKMS (US). DKMS Extends International Footprint with South African Partnership. Updated Aug 2, 2020.
  3. DKMS Africa (DKMS Foundation NPC). FAQs | Blood Stem Cell Donation with DKMS Africa.
  4. DKMS Africa (DKMS Foundation NPC). Register as a potential donor.
  5. South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR). Donor Exclusion Criteria.

Official bodies

  1. Ministry of Health, The Gambia. Search Results for 'marrow'.

Figures and lists

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