LEBANON · ASIA
Is there a bone marrow registry in Lebanon?
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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Lebanon can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Transplant teams here can search registries abroad for a patient. AUBMC in Beirut, which said in 2019 that it had Lebanon’s largest transplant program, received JACIE accreditation in 2016. 1
| Place | Lebanon (لبنان) 12 |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Asia, Asia 9 |
| Population | About 5.8 million (2023) 10 |
| Registry | None found as of 7 8 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Lebanon lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 7 |
| Transplants | AUBMC did its first transplants in 1998 and has treated 1,282 patients, 271 of them children, and it was the first program in Lebanon to do transplants from unrelated and half-matched donors, AUBMC says. 2 |
| Where we looked | 7 places, in English and Arabic |
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What we found in Lebanon
Lebanon’s AUBMC searches registries abroad for patients; no Lebanese donor registry found. 1
| 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 Lebanon, and its statistics had no Lebanese listing. 7 8 11 | |
| Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon | Arabic | On Oct 11, 2026, a search of the website of Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health for “bone marrow” in Arabic found no donor registry, only news of a ministry-funded transplant program and an older blood donation app. 4 | |
| Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon | Arabic | On Oct 11, 2026, a search of Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health website for “stem cells” in Arabic returned ministerial decisions regulating how stem cells are stored and used, but nothing on a donor registry. 5 | |
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Can people in Lebanon join a registry abroad?
In January 2012, the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry signed up 262 volunteers in Lebanon at drives in Burj Hamud, Antelias and Aynjar run with the Armenian Relief Cross of Lebanon, ABMDR says; as of Oct 16, 2026, we haven’t found a newer ABMDR drive there. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. 3
Has Lebanon announced a registry or a law?
Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said in September 2026 that it had started a pilot this year in which the American University of Beirut performs about 70 bone marrow transplants at the ministry’s expense; it announced no donor registry. 4
Questions about Lebanon
Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in Lebanon?
AUBMC did its first transplants in 1998 and has treated 1,282 patients, 271 of them children, and it was the first program in Lebanon to do transplants from unrelated and half-matched donors, AUBMC says. 2
Can a hospital in Lebanon search abroad for a donor?
Hospitals in Lebanon do search registries abroad: AUBMC said in 2019 that the US National Marrow Donor Program recognizes its bone marrow transplant program as an International Transplant Center, and that it treats patients from across Lebanon and the region. 1
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Registries
- American University of Beirut Medical Center (Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute). AUBMC Celebrates 1000th Bone Marrow Transplant Milestone. Updated Aug 31, 2019.
- American University of Beirut Medical Center. BMT overview.
- Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR). Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry completes extraordinary recruitment drive in Lebanon. Updated Feb 2, 2012. Checked
Official bodies
- Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon. MOPH site search: نخاع العظم (bone marrow).
- Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon. MOPH site search: الخلايا الجذعية (stem cells).
- Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon. MOPH site search: bone marrow (English term).
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