Is there a bone marrow registry in Kosovo?

Kosovo’s university clinical center and health ministry list no stem cell donor registry. [2, 3]

On Oct 11, 2026, a search for “qeliza staminale” (stem cells) on the website of the University Clinical Center of Kosovo returned no results. [2]

On Oct 11, 2026, a search for “palcës” (marrow) on the website of Kosovo’s Ministry of Health returned no results. [3]

Serbia’s registry signs people up in person at transfusion centers in Serbian cities such as Belgrade and Niš, and on Oct 15, 2026, its rules said nothing about people who live in Kosovo. [1]

Telegrafi, citing Radio Free Europe, reported on Mar 2, 2018, that bone marrow transplants weren’t done in Kosovo, that a teenager with blood cancer referred for treatment abroad was taken to a hospital in Turkey, and that Kosovo’s health ministry pays 30,000 euros in such cases from its fund for treatment outside public institutions. [11]

Kosovo has a Law No. 04/L-192 on Tissue and Cell Transplantation, and on Sep 8, 2021, Kosovo’s government approved a draft law amending and supplementing it, by Decision No. 05/34. [4]

Kosovo’s 2021 draft would fine a health institution 500 to 20,000 euros for offenses such as taking blood-forming (hematopoietic) cells from a person who lacks legal capacity, or not telling the national center in time about tissues or cells removed from a living donor. [4]