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Become a bone marrow donor in Greece

For people who live in Greece. Live somewhere else? Find your country.

In Greece you can join Orama Elpidas (ages 18 to 45) or Save a Life Bone Marrow Donor Centre (ages 18 to 40). You only need to join one. In Greece, the Hellenic Transplant Organization (EOM) keeps the single national registry, but you join through a donor center: a tertiary hospital’s immunology lab or a nonprofit such as Orama Elpidas. 6 7 Checked .

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Greece at a glance
PlaceGreece (Ελλάδα)
RegionSouthern Europe, Europe 9
PopulationAbout 10.2 million (2023) 10
RegistriesOrama ElpidasSave a Life Bone Marrow Donor CentreHellenic Transplant Organization 2 4 6 8
Who can joinOrama Elpidas: ages 18 to 45, listed until your 55th birthdaySave a Life Bone Marrow Donor Centre: ages 18 to 40 1 5
How you sign upOrama Elpidas also registers donors without an appointment at its office in the ELPIDA children’s oncology unit in Athens, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and at weekly events in different areas. 1
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A bone marrow donor registry is also called a stem cell or blood stem cell donor registry.

Which registry should I join in Greece?

The registries that sign up people who live in Greece
RegistryAges to joinWho it’s for
Orama Elpidas18 to 45People who live in Greece
Save a Life Bone Marrow Donor Centre18 to 40People who live in Greece

Orama Elpidas takes healthy people aged 18 to 45 and keeps them active until their 55th birthday; after its online form, a registration envelope for a saliva swab arrives in about three weeks and goes back free of charge. 1 2

KEDMOP Save a Life at the University of Patras, licensed by the Ministry of Health in 2023 as Greece’s first donor center, takes donors aged 18 to 40 through a network of more than 62 recruitment points across Greece. 4 5

In Greece you join EOM’s national registry through a donor center. 7

How do I join in Greece?

Two services sign up people who live in Greece. You only need to join one.

Where a card has no join button, use the registry’s own pages for now. We link to a sign-up page only once we’ve checked the exact page the button opens.

Who can join in Greece?

Orama Elpidas signs up people who live in Greece. Its own pages have the full rules, and the registry decides.

Your health
Most healthy adults can join. Some conditions rule it out. Read the registry’s health rules (opens in a new tab)

Can I donate?Age limits by country

Joining, staying on the registry and being able to donate are different ages.

Greece and the world’s donor search

EOM is the competent authority that adds the data of Greece’s national registry to the World Marrow Donor Association’s database. 6

What happens after I join?

Your tissue type is recorded, so searches for patients can find you. If you match a patient, Orama Elpidas contacts you, checks you’re still willing and well, and arranges more tests.

What donating is like

Questions about joining in Greece

How do I sign up in Greece: online, by kit or in person?

Orama Elpidas also registers donors without an appointment at its office in the ELPIDA children’s oncology unit in Athens, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and at weekly events in different areas. 1

How old do you have to be to join Orama Elpidas?

Orama Elpidas signs up people aged 18 to 45. It keeps you listed until your 55th birthday. 1

Questions about donating itself have their own pages: Does it hurt?, How donation works and Recovery.

Live somewhere else?

Registries usually sign up people by where they live, not by nationality.

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Sources

How we check

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The registries’ own pages

  1. Σύλλογος «Όραμα Ελπίδας» (Orama Elpidas association). Θέλω να γίνω Εθελοντής Δότης.
  2. Σύλλογος «Όραμα Ελπίδας». Αίτηση Εθελοντή Δότη.
  3. Σύλλογος «Όραμα Ελπίδας». Όραμα Ελπίδας (home).Checked
  4. ΚΕΔΜΟΠ «Χάρισε Ζωή», Institute of Cell Therapy, University of Patras. ΚΕΔΜΟΠ - Χάρισε Ζωή Κέντρο Ενημέρωσης Δοτών Μυελού των Οστών.Checked
  5. ΚΕΔΜΟΠ «Χάρισε Ζωή». Αίτηση εγγραφής Δότη Μυελού των Οστών.

Government and official registers

  1. Ελληνικός Οργανισμός Μεταμοσχεύσεων (EOM, Hellenic Transplant Organization). Εθνικό Μητρώο Αρχέγονων Αιμοποιητικών Κυττάρων και Μονάδων Ομφαλιοπλακουντικού Αίματος.
  2. EOM. Κέντρα δοτών.

The World Marrow Donor Association and other figures

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

Research and other sources

  1. Jada Bascom Foundation. About us: Jada’s story.

Written and source-checked by the Jada Bascom Foundation.

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What we do and what we don’t. The Jada Bascom Foundation is a charity in the United States. We don’t run a registry, and we aren’t part of Orama Elpidas. We can’t see whether you sign up, and we never receive anything you give the registry.

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