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Is there a bone marrow registry in Honduras?
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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Honduras can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Honduras still had no comprehensive transplant law in Mar 2026, TuNota reported, and that month the national university (UNAH) held its second workshop on marrow transplantation, La Prensa reported. 7 8
| Region | Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas 4 |
|---|---|
| Population | About 10.6 million (2023) 5 |
| Registry | None found as of 2 3 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Honduras lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 2 |
| Transplants | In Apr 2014, a Honduran mother told El Heraldo that marrow transplants were not done in Honduras; we found no later report of one. 9 |
| Where we looked | 5 places, in English and Spanish |
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What we found in Honduras
La Prensa reported a 2026 marrow transplant workshop at Honduras’ national university. 7
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, no organization based in Honduras was on WMDA’s member map or in its organization database. 3 6 | |
| Web search | Spanish | On Oct 11, 2026, a Spanish search for a first marrow transplant at Hospital Escuela or the social security institute (IHSS) found no such report for Honduras; La Prensa reported only the UNAH workshop. 7 | |
| Secretaría de Salud de Honduras (SESAL) | Spanish | On Oct 11, 2026, the homepage of Honduras’ Secretariat of Health (SESAL) had nothing about marrow or stem cell donors. 1 | |
| Web search | Spanish | On Oct 15, 2026, a Spanish search about Hospital Escuela found no marrow transplant program or registry in Honduras, only kidney transplant news, and TuNota reported the transplant law still pending. 8 | |
| Web search | Spanish | Nothing to add |
Are stem cell transplants done in Honduras?
TuNota reported in Mar 2026 that the national laboratory of Honduras’ Secretariat of Health had begun building up histocompatibility testing, the tissue typing used to match patients and donors, to rely less on testing abroad. 8
La Prensa reported that UNAH held its second workshop on hemato-oncology and marrow transplantation on Mar 24, 2026, at its Alma Máter auditorium, because leukemia cases in Honduras had risen in recent years, particularly in children, according to the medical school’s dean. 7
Has Honduras announced a registry or a law?
TuNota reported on Mar 20, 2026 that Honduras’ transplant law had still not been enacted, leaving the country without a comprehensive legal framework for transplants. 8
TuNota reported in Mar 2026 that UNAH’s medical school, Honduras’ Secretariat of Health and Hospital Escuela were pushing a transplant bill to regulate donation, set up organ banks and define protocols, and that it still needed the National Congress’s approval. 8
Questions about Honduras
Can a hospital in Honduras search abroad for a donor?
El Heraldo reported in Apr 2014 that a Honduran boy with leukemia had his marrow transplant in Spain, with help from a Spanish leukemia foundation and marrow from his older brother. 9
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Official bodies
- Secretaría de Salud de Honduras (SESAL). SESAL WEB. Checked
Figures and lists
- WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.
- World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
- 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 (Share, Organisation data public access). Database.
Other sources
- La Prensa (Honduras). Unah realizará taller especializado en trasplante de médula ósea y hemato-oncología. Updated Mar 19, 2026.
- TuNota (Honduras). Ley de trasplantes sigue en el aire mientras la vida espera turno. Updated Mar 20, 2026. Checked
- El Heraldo (Honduras). Era indiferente hasta que mi hijo lo vivió. Updated Apr 7, 2014. Checked