JORDAN · ASIA
Is there a bone marrow registry in Jordan?
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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Jordan can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Transplant teams here can search registries abroad for a patient. King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, whose transplant program began in 2003, does about 200 adult transplants a year, KHCC says. 3
| Place | Jordan (الأردن) 11 |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Asia, Asia 8 |
| Population | About 11.4 million (2023) 9 |
| Registry | None found as of 6 7 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Jordan lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 6 |
| Transplants | King Hussein Cancer Center’s adult transplant program in Jordan also does transplants from mismatched relatives and half-matched family members. 3 |
| Where we looked | 3 places, in English |
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What we found in Jordan
Jordan’s King Hussein Cancer Center does unrelated-donor transplants; no registry found. 3
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, the World Marrow Donor Association’s member map and organization database had no entry for Jordan, and its statistics had no Jordanian listing. 6 7 10 | |
| Ministry of Health, Jordan | Arabic | On Oct 11, 2026, the homepage of Jordan’s Ministry of Health had no link about stem cell or bone marrow donation, and it still had none on Oct 15, 2026. 5 | |
| Web search | English | Nothing to add |
On Oct 11, 2026, the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center’s website offered blood donation and described its transplant program, but had no way to sign up as an unrelated stem cell donor. 2
Can people in Jordan join a registry abroad?
Are stem cell transplants done in Jordan?
King Hussein Cancer Center says its adult program in Amman has done more than 1,546 transplants since 2003 and runs a 24-bed inpatient transplant unit, which it calls the largest in Jordan. 3
King Hussein Cancer Center in Jordan runs a one-year blood and bone marrow transplant training program for doctors who have finished three years of adult hematology or medical oncology, KHCC says. 3
Questions about Jordan
Can a hospital in Jordan search abroad for a donor?
Hospitals in Jordan do search beyond the family: King Hussein Cancer Center does transplants from related and unrelated donors and cord blood, and says that if its HLA laboratory finds no suitable donor, it may use stem cells from the European Bone Marrow Transplantation Registry it belongs to. 3
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Know of a registry in Jordan?
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Registries
- ABMDR. Donors. Checked
- King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center. KHCC home.
- King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center (KHCC). Department of Adult Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT).
- Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR). History. Checked
Official bodies
- Ministry of Health, Jordan. Home page.
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
- Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Asia). Checked