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Is there a bone marrow registry in Laos?

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As of , no bone marrow donor registry signs up people who live in Laos. The Lao Red Cross lists blood donation among its core work, but its website says nothing about signing up stem cell or marrow donors, and Laos’s Ministry of Health website didn’t load on Oct 11 or Oct 15, 2026. 1

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Laos at a glance
PlaceLaos (ລາວ) 10
RegionSouth-eastern Asia, Asia 7
PopulationAbout 7.7 million (2023) 8
World donor searchNo organization based in Laos lists adult donors in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 5
Where we looked6 places, in English and Lao
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Why is there no link to a registry in Laos?

On Oct 11, 2026, none of Laos’s official health websites could be read: the Ministry of Health and the National Blood Transfusion Centre addresses didn’t resolve, and the Lao Red Cross failed a certificate check; on Oct 15 only the Red Cross loaded. 1

What we found in Laos

The Lao Red Cross runs blood donation; Laos’s health ministry site didn’t load. 1

WhereLanguageFindingDate
World Marrow Donor AssociationEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, the World Marrow Donor Association’s member map, organization database and statistics had no organization based in Laos. 5 6 9
5 more searches with nothing to add
  • Ministry of Health, Lao PDR Lao and English ·
  • Web search English and Lao · 3 searches, to
  • Lao Red Cross (ອົງການກາແດງແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ) Lao ·

Can people in Laos join a registry abroad?

On Oct 15, 2026, the Thai Red Cross signed up stem cell donors only in person at its 10 blood centers in Thailand, on the day they give blood, and printed no nationality or residence rule, so there is no way to join Thailand’s registry from Laos. 2 3

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Sources

How we check

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Registries

  1. Lao Red Cross (ອົງການກາແດງແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ). Lao Red Cross homepage. Checked
  2. Thai National Stem Cell Donor Registry (TSCDR), National Blood Centre, Thai Red Cross Society. ลงทะเบียนเป็นอาสาสมัครบริจาคสเต็มเซลล์ (Register as a stem cell donor volunteer).
  3. Thai National Stem Cell Donor Registry (TSCDR), National Blood Centre, Thai Red Cross Society. HOPE HERO ... ฉลองวันผู้บริจาคสเต็มเซลล์โลก ปี 2568 (World Marrow Donor Day 2025 campaign). 2025.

Official bodies

  1. Ministry of Health, Lao PDR. MOH home page; Lao Red Cross (laoredcross.org.la); National Blood Transfusion Centre (nbtc.gov.la). Unavailable when read

Figures and lists

  1. WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.
  2. World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
  3. United Nations Statistics Division. Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49): Overview (English table).
  4. UN DESA Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024: Total population by sex (CSV).
  5. WMDA (Share, Organisation data public access). Database.

Other sources

  1. Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Asia). Checked