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Become a bone marrow donor in Kazakhstan
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If you live in Kazakhstan, you can join National Register of Bone Marrow Donors of Kazakhstan from age 18 to 45. Kazakhstan’s national bone marrow donor registry is run by the Ministry of Health’s Scientific and Production Center of Transfusiology, and you can join at any blood center in the country. 1 2 Checked .
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| Place | Kazakhstan (Казахстан, Қазақстан) |
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| Region | Central Asia, Asia 4 |
| Population | About 20.3 million (2023) 5 |
| Registry | National Register of Bone Marrow Donors of Kazakhstan (Republican State Enterprise on the right of economic management "Scientific and Production Center of Transfusiology") 1 2 |
| Who can join | Ages 18 to 45Kazakhstan’s registry says any healthy person aged 18 to 45 who weighs more than 50 kg and has no serious illness can join; it states no citizenship or residence rule. 1 |
| How you sign up | To join Kazakhstan’s registry, go to your nearest blood center, fill in a questionnaire, sign the consent form and give one 9 ml tube of blood from a vein for tissue typing; the registry contacts you if you match a patient. 1 |
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A bone marrow donor registry is also called a stem cell or blood stem cell donor registry.
Who runs the bone marrow donor registry in Kazakhstan?
National Register of Bone Marrow Donors of Kazakhstan signs up people who live in Kazakhstan. It is run by Republican State Enterprise on the right of economic management "Scientific and Production Center of Transfusiology", a public body.
Kazakhstan’s national registry signs up people aged 18 to 45 at any blood center. 1
How do I join in Kazakhstan?
Kazakhstan’s registry information is in Russian and Kazakh; its English-language switch showed no content when we checked in October 2026. 3
National Register of Bone Marrow Donors of Kazakhstan
Run by Republican State Enterprise on the right of economic management "Scientific and Production Center of Transfusiology", a public body.
18–45years old to join
- Who it’s for
- People who live in Kazakhstan, aged 18 to 45.
- Languages
- Russian and Kazakh
Why this one first Kazakhstan’s national register: join in person at the nearest blood centre (18–45).
Link checked Read the registry’s rules (opens in a new tab)
Who can join in Kazakhstan?
National Register of Bone Marrow Donors of Kazakhstan signs up people who live in Kazakhstan. 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)
Kazakhstan and the world’s donor search
Kazakhstan’s national registry says more than 14,500 volunteers are registered and 1,700 to 1,800 join each year. 1
Kazakhstan’s registry says the country needs about 40 to 45 unrelated-donor transplants a year, but only 4 to 5 a year are done with donors from its own registry. 1
Organizations based in Kazakhstan list 4,927 adult donor records in the World Marrow Donor Association’s Search & Match, as read on Oct 11, 2026: records listed for searching, not a count of people. 6
What happens after I join?
Your tissue type is recorded, so searches for patients can find you. If you match a patient, National Register of Bone Marrow Donors of Kazakhstan contacts you, checks you’re still willing and well, and arranges more tests.
Questions about joining in Kazakhstan
Can I join if I’m not a citizen of Kazakhstan?
Kazakhstan’s registry says any healthy person aged 18 to 45 who weighs more than 50 kg and has no serious illness can join; it states no citizenship or residence rule. 1
How do I sign up in Kazakhstan: online, by kit or in person?
To join Kazakhstan’s registry, go to your nearest blood center, fill in a questionnaire, sign the consent form and give one 9 ml tube of blood from a vein for tissue typing; the registry contacts you if you match a patient. 1
How old do you have to be to join National Register of Bone Marrow Donors of Kazakhstan?
National Register of Bone Marrow Donors of Kazakhstan signs up people aged 18 to 45. 1
Is National Register of Bone Marrow Donors of Kazakhstan part of the international donor search?
Yes. National Register of Bone Marrow Donors of Kazakhstan is a member of the World Marrow Donor Association.
Questions about donating itself have their own pages: Does it hurt?, How donation works and Recovery.
The registries’ own pages
- РГП на ПХВ «Научно-производственный центр трансфузиологии» МЗ РК. Регистр доноров ГСК (HSC donor registry).
- РГП на ПХВ «НПЦТ» МЗ РК. Home page (Russian).
- РГП на ПХВ «НПЦТ» МЗ РК. ГДЖ донорлардың тіркелімі (Kazakh version).
The World Marrow Donor Association and other figures
- 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. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.
Research and other sources
- Jada Bascom Foundation. About us: Jada’s story.Checked