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Is there a bone marrow registry in Georgia (the country)?
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As of , no bone marrow donor registry signs up people who live in the country of Georgia. In 2024, Tbilisi City Council funded HLA typing of volunteers for a stem cell donor registry; that resolution lost force on Jan 1, 2025, Georgia’s legal herald shows. 2
| Place | Georgia (საქართველო, Гуырдзыстон) 13 |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Asia, Asia 7 |
| Population | About 3.8 million (2023) 8 |
| Registry | None found as of 4 5 |
| World donor search | No organization based in the country of Georgia lists adult donors in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 4 6 |
| Transplants | Frontnews Georgia reported in July 2026 that Batumi University Hospital had done the first bone marrow transplants in Georgia’s Adjara region, and that Adjara’s regional health ministry has funded transplants in Georgia and abroad for 98 patients since 2019. 10 |
| Where we looked | 5 places, in English and Georgian |
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What we found in the country of Georgia
Tbilisi funded HLA typing for a stem cell donor registry in 2024; no sign-up found. 2
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
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| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, the World Marrow Donor Association’s database listed a Tbilisi State Medical University and Ingorokva center donor registry in Georgia, with its listing in preparation. 1 6 | |
| Legislative Herald of Georgia (Matsne) — Tbilisi City Council (Sakrebulo) | Georgian | On Oct 11, 2026, a Georgian-language search led to Tbilisi City Council’s 2024 rule saying the typing provider must build its stem cell donor registry following World Marrow Donor Association recommendations. 2 | |
| Tbilisi State Medical University | Georgian | On Oct 11, 2026, Tbilisi State Medical University’s homepage and clinics section had no link to a donor registry or to the Ingorokva center, and they still had none on Oct 15, 2026. 1 | |
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Can people in the country of Georgia join a registry abroad?
JAMnews reported in March 2017 that the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry’s Yerevan team signed up 76 volunteers in Akhaltsikhe, Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda in Georgia’s Javakheti region. 9
Has the country of Georgia announced a registry or a law?
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said in July 2024 that the city would pay for HLA typing and hepatitis tests of volunteers to build a stem cell donor registry for transplants from unrelated donors, with volunteers applying to Tbilisi City Hall, Frontnews Georgia reported. 11
Frontnews Georgia reported in February 2025 that Tbilisi City Hall had paid for HLA typing of 133 registered volunteers since its donor registry initiative began, and in 2024 had funded 101 liver and bone marrow transplant cases at clinics in Georgia and abroad. 12
Georgia’s Law on the Use of Human Tissues and Cells, adopted on Nov 1, 2023, covers blood stem cells from peripheral blood, cord blood and bone marrow, and lets a newborn’s stored cord blood be transplanted into another person, related or not. 3
Questions about the country of Georgia
Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in the country of Georgia?
Frontnews Georgia reported in July 2026 that Batumi University Hospital had done the first bone marrow transplants in Georgia’s Adjara region, and that Adjara’s regional health ministry has funded transplants in Georgia and abroad for 98 patients since 2019. 10
Can a hospital in the country of Georgia search abroad for a donor?
Georgia’s Ministry of Health said in July 2026, as Georgia Today reported, that Georgian citizens undergo bone marrow transplants both in Georgia and abroad, and that the state universal healthcare program now fully funds ruxolitinib (Jakavi) for every patient with graft-versus-host disease, a serious complication after a transplant. 14
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Registries
- Tbilisi State Medical University. University clinics page (and home page).
Official bodies
- Legislative Herald of Georgia (Matsne) — Tbilisi City Council (Sakrebulo). Tbilisi Sakrebulo resolution No. 43-61 amending resolution No. 35-100 (transplantation sub-programme rules). Updated Aug 16, 2024.
- Legislative Herald of Georgia (Matsne). ადამიანის ქსოვილებისა და უჯრედების გამოყენების შესახებ. Updated Nov 1, 2023. Checked
Figures and lists
- WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.
- 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).
Other sources
- JAMnews (Armenian edition). Ավելի քան 70 ջավախահայ է միացել Ոսկրածուծի դոնորների հայկական ռեեստրին. Updated Mar 10, 2017.
- Frontnews Georgia. Batumi University Hospital performs Adjara's first bone marrow transplants. Updated Jul 23, 2026. Checked
- Frontnews Georgia. Tbilisi City Hall expands transplantation program with new bone marrow donor registry initiative. Updated Jul 31, 2024. Checked
- Frontnews Georgia. Tbilisi Gov’t allocates ₾10 mln for stem cell transplantation programmes. Updated Feb 12, 2025. Checked
- Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Asia). Checked
- Georgia Today. Georgia adds GVHD treatment drug Jakavi to state-funded healthcare list. Updated Jul 2, 2026. Checked