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Is there a bone marrow registry in Indonesia?
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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Indonesia can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. A pediatrician at Tzu Chi Hospital in Jakarta said in September 2024 that Indonesia does not yet have a public stem cell data bank, which lengthens donor searches, JPNN.com reported. 9
| Region | South-eastern Asia, Asia 6 |
|---|---|
| Population | About 281.2 million (2023) 7 |
| Registry | None found as of 4 5 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Indonesia lists adult donors in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 4 |
| Transplants | iNews.id reported from a Sep 30, 2026 event at Dharmais Cancer Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, that the hospital had done 16 blood stem cell transplants since its program began in 2016, and that, because fully matched donors are hard to find, it is developing half-matched transplants. 11 |
| Where we looked | 8 places, in English and Indonesian |
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What we found in Indonesia
Indonesia’s Red Cross and health ministry sites show blood donation only. 1 2
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, the World Marrow Donor Association’s member map, organization database and statistics had no organization based in Indonesia. 4 5 8 | |
| Kementerian Kesihatan RI (Ministry of Health) | Indonesian | On Oct 11, 2026, searches of Indonesia’s Ministry of Health website for marrow donors and stem cells found blood donation news, organ donation rules and stem cell therapy regulation, but no unrelated marrow donor registry. 2 | |
| Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) | Indonesian | On Oct 16, 2026, the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia) website offered blood donation, volunteering and training, and a search of it for “sumsum tulang” (bone marrow) turned up nothing about signing up marrow donors. 1 | |
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Can people in Indonesia join a registry abroad?
On Oct 16, 2026, the remote sign-up form of the Malaysian Stem Cell Registry, run by Malaysia’s Ministry of Health, asked joiners to confirm they are Malaysian citizens aged 18 to 50, so people living in Indonesia without Malaysian citizenship can’t join it. 3
Questions about Indonesia
Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in Indonesia?
iNews.id reported from a Sep 30, 2026 event at Dharmais Cancer Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, that the hospital had done 16 blood stem cell transplants since its program began in 2016, and that, because fully matched donors are hard to find, it is developing half-matched transplants. 11
Can a hospital in Indonesia search abroad for a donor?
A Siloam MRCCC hematologist said in May 2025 that donors for Indonesian patients come from family members or from searches of international donor banks, and that only about 25 to 30% of patients have a matched family donor, Kontan’s MomsMoney reported. 10
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Registries
- Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI). PMI site search "sumsum tulang" (and home page).
Official bodies
- Kementerian Kesihatan RI (Ministry of Health). Kemenkes site searches: "donor sumsum tulang", "sel punca", "transplantasi sumsum tulang".
- Malaysian Stem Cell Registry (MSCR), Institute for Medical Research, Ministry of Health Malaysia (Google Forms). Malaysian Stem Cell Registry (Remote Registration).
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
- JPNN.com. Transplantasi Sel Punca Darah jadi Solusi Pasien Talasemia Mayor. Updated Sep 9, 2024.
- Kontan (MomsMoney). Transplantasi Sel Punca Jadi Harapan Baru bagi Penyintas Kanker Darah. Updated May 19, 2025.
- iNews.id (on RCTI+). Kemenkes: 25.000 Orang Indonesia Meninggal Dunia per Tahun akibat Kanker Darah. Updated Sep 30, 2026. Checked