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Is there a bone marrow registry in Macao?

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As of , Macao Blood Transfusion Centre signs up donors in Macao; its own website explains how to join. Under a 2012-13 agreement, people in Macao register at the Macao Blood Transfusion Centre, and Hong Kong’s marrow donor registry stores their records. 6

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Macao at a glance
PlaceMacao (中國澳門特別行政區, Macau, RAE da China) 19
RegionEastern Asia, Asia 15
PopulationAbout 714,000 (2023) 16
RegistriesMacao Blood Transfusion Centre (Health Bureau of the Macao SAR)Hong Kong Bone Marrow Donor Registry (Hong Kong Red Cross) 2–5 8 9 10
World donor searchNo organization based in Macao lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 17
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Why is there no link to a registry in Macao?

Macao’s Health Bureau last said, in a June 2023 release, that people can register as marrow or blood stem cell donors at the Blood Transfusion Centre; its six releases from June 2024 to June 2026 don’t mention it, and the center’s website refused access on Oct 11 and Oct 15, 2026. 9 12 13

What we found in Macao

Macao residents can sign up at Macao’s blood center for Hong Kong’s marrow registry. 6 9

On Oct 11, 2026, a search of Macao government news from 2024 to 2026 for World Blood Donor Day turned up releases that never mentioned marrow donor registration, and on Oct 15, 2026 we read all six, including two from June 2026, with the same result. 11 12 13

On Oct 11, 2026, nothing on the Hong Kong Bone Marrow Donor Registry’s current website mentioned Macao, including its July 2026 registration leaflet. 2 4

On Oct 11, 2026, the World Marrow Donor Association’s lists had no organization based in Macao; donors who register in Macao are stored by Hong Kong’s registry. 6 14

Can people in Macao join a registry abroad?

The Hong Kong Bone Marrow Donor Registry’s own sign-up, at its 9 blood donor centers in Hong Kong, never mentions Macao, and its July 2026 leaflet asks for a Hong Kong ID number, so people in Macao join through Macao’s own center. 2 4

Has Macao announced a registry or a law?

On World Blood Donor Day in June 2022, Macao’s Health Bureau said people who couldn’t give blood at the Blood Transfusion Centre could register as bone marrow donors instead. 8

Macao and the world’s donor search

Macau Daily Times reported in November 2015 that 703 Macao residents had registered at the Blood Transfusion Center since December 2014 to be added to Hong Kong’s donor data bank, 667 of them fully qualified. 18

Questions about Macao

Can a hospital in Macao search abroad for a donor?

A Macao patient has received marrow from a Hong Kong donor: at the Hong Kong Bone Marrow Donor Registry’s award ceremony on Sep 21, 2013, the donor and the Macao patient met for the first time, the Hong Kong Marrow Match Foundation’s 30-year history records. 7

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Sources

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Registries

  1. Health Bureau (Serviços de Saúde), Macao SAR. Blood Transfusion Centre website. Unavailable when read
  2. Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (Hospital Authority). Eligibility and Registration (HKBMDR).
  3. Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (Hospital Authority). Hong Kong Bone Marrow Donor Registry (HKBMDR) Background.
  4. Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (Hospital Authority). Bone marrow donor registration information (bilingual leaflet, version EC-2026 Jul v3). July 2026.
  5. Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (Hospital Authority). Homepage.
  6. Hospital Authority (Hong Kong). Hospital Authority Annual Report 2012-2013, page 34 (Milestones). 2013.
  7. Hong Kong Marrow Match Foundation. 1991-2021 Major Events, page 76 (30th anniversary book). 2021. Checked

Official bodies

  1. Macao SAR Government Portal (Health Bureau release). 世界捐血者日 activities (2022). Updated Jun 13, 2022.
  2. Macao SAR Government Portal (Health Bureau release). 世界捐血者日 activities (2023). Updated Jun 13, 2023.
  3. Hong Kong e-Legislation (Department of Justice). Cap. 1129 Hong Kong Red Cross Ordinance.
  4. Macao SAR Government Portal. News search 2024-01-01 to 2026-10-11 for 捐血者日 (blood donor day).
  5. Macao SAR Government Portal (Health Bureau release). “世界捐血者日”系列宣傳活動圓滿結束 居民熱烈響應 本澳錄得單日最高收血量. Updated Jun 22, 2026. Checked
  6. Macao SAR Government Portal (Health Bureau release). “五次捐血者嘉獎典禮”圓滿舉行 衛生局辦系列活動慶祝“世界捐血者日”. Updated Jun 9, 2026. Checked

Figures and lists

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

Other sources

  1. Macau Daily Times. Give Back, Give Blood donation day announced. Updated Nov 20, 2015.
  2. Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Asia). Checked