KUWAIT · ASIA
Is there a bone marrow registry in Kuwait?
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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Kuwait can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Al Rai reported on Dec 31, 2025 that a Ministry of Health decree tasks Kuwait’s Central Department of Blood and Cell Therapy with creating a national stem cell donation registry. 10
| Place | Kuwait (الكويت) 12 |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Asia, Asia 6 |
| Population | About 4.8 million (2023) 7 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Kuwait lists adult donors in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 3 5 |
| Transplants | Kuwait Times reported in January 2023 that the National Bank Hospital’s stem cell transplant program for children, started in 2020, had done 33 transplants. 9 |
| Where we looked | 2 places, in English and Arabic |
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Why don’t you link to a registry in Kuwait yet?
Kuwait’s national stem cell donation registry exists on paper, in the decree Al Rai reported in December 2025, but we found no sign that it signs people up, and the Ministry of Health’s website didn’t load on Oct 11 or Oct 15, 2026. 10
What we found in Kuwait
Al Rai reported in December 2025 that Kuwait ordered a national stem cell donor registry. 10
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, the World Marrow Donor Association listed the Kuwait Cancer Control Center as a member with no donors in Search & Match, and Kuwait University’s Health Sciences Center laboratory in its database with no membership. 3 5 | |
| Health Sciences Center, Kuwait University | English | On Oct 11, 2026, the homepage of Kuwait University’s Health Sciences Center had no donor registry link, and it still had none on Oct 15, 2026. 1 |
We couldn’t open the website of Ministry of Health, Kuwait when we tried on Oct 11, 2026. That tells us nothing about whether it offers a way to join.
We couldn’t open the website of Taqadom (Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences magazine) when we tried on Oct 11, 2026.
Has Kuwait announced a registry or a law?
Kuwait’s December 2025 stem cell decree, Al Rai reported, also makes the Sheikha Salwa Al-Sabah Stem Cell and Cord Blood Center responsible for a national stock of stem cells and cord blood, and bans buying or selling stem cells. 10
A 2006 study from Kuwait in Experimental and Clinical Transplantation found a matched family donor for 45.3% of 607 patients tested for a transplant from 1993 to 2005, and recommended a registry in Kuwait to find unrelated donors for the rest. 11
Questions about Kuwait
How many donors are on Kuwait’s registries?
On Oct 11, 2026, no organization based in Kuwait listed donors in the World Marrow Donor Association’s Search & Match: the Kuwait Cancer Control Center is a member with no listing, and the national registry a decree ordered, Al Rai reported in December 2025, wasn’t there yet. 5 10
Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in Kuwait?
Kuwait Times reported in January 2023 that the National Bank Hospital’s stem cell transplant program for children, started in 2020, had done 33 transplants. 9
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Registries
- Health Sciences Center, Kuwait University. HSC home page.
Official bodies
- Ministry of Health, Kuwait. Ministry home page. Tried ; we couldn’t open it
Figures and lists
- WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.
- World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
- WMDA (Share, Organisation data public access). Database.
- 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).
Other sources
- Taqadom (Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences magazine). Special Report (reported to describe the Kuwait National Stem Cell Registry). Tried ; we couldn’t open it
- Kuwait Times (KUNA). Kuwait second in Gulf in stem cell transplants for children. Updated Jan 24, 2023.
- Al Rai (Kuwaiti daily). «الصحة» تنظم التعامل مع الخلايا الجذعية. Updated Dec 31, 2025.
- Experimental and Clinical Transplantation. Abstract: HLA typing of prospective BMT patients and relatives in Kuwait, 1993-2005. 2006. Checked
- Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Asia). Checked