MADAGASCAR · AFRICA
Is there a bone marrow registry in Madagascar?
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As of , we haven’t found enough to verify a way to join from Madagascar yet. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. In 2017 a Malagasy man in France needing a marrow transplant appealed to the Malagasy community abroad to join registries, because HLA typing wasn’t available in Madagascar, Allo Docteurs reported. 9
| Place | Madagascar (Madagasikara) 10 |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa 7 |
| Population | About 31.2 million (2023) 8 |
| Registry | None found as of 5 6 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Madagascar lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 6 |
| Transplants | About 10% of people in Madagascar carry the sickle cell trait, Fondation Pierre Fabre says, and the transplants that could cure the disease are not yet done there: the national sickle cell association hopes to offer them in the longer term. 4 |
| Where we looked | 5 places, in English and French |
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What we found in Madagascar
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
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| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, WMDA’s map of member registries showed none based in Madagascar, and no organization based in Madagascar listed donor records in WMDA’s Search & Match. 5 6 | |
| Web search | French | A French web search on Oct 11, 2026 found no registry or transplant center in Madagascar, only a 2017 Allo Docteurs report of a Malagasy patient in France appealing to the Malagasy community there, which said HLA typing was not available in Madagascar. 9 | |
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A French web search on Oct 16, 2026 found no transplant center in Madagascar; it led to Fondation Pierre Fabre’s account of the sickle cell program it funded there from 2012 with the association LCDMF, including a center in the Manakara region and the DrepanoMRS patient records app. 4
We couldn’t open one other official page when we tried on Oct 11, 2026. That tells us nothing about whether it offers a way to join.
Can people in Madagascar join a registry abroad?
Has Madagascar announced a registry or a law?
Madagascar’s sickle cell association LCDMF, whose 2012 to 2013 program Fondation Pierre Fabre funded, plans in the longer term to develop a technical platform for performing transplants, the foundation says; we found no date for it. 4
Questions about Madagascar
Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in Madagascar?
About 10% of people in Madagascar carry the sickle cell trait, Fondation Pierre Fabre says, and the transplants that could cure the disease are not yet done there: the national sickle cell association hopes to offer them in the longer term. 4
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Registries
- SABMR. Donor Exclusion Criteria - SABMR.
- DKMS Africa. Registration (1/11) - first eligibility screen.
- DKMS Africa. Blood stem cell registration form for non-sa citizens.
- Fondation Pierre Fabre. Supporting a programme to fight sickle cell disease. Checked
Figures and lists
- World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
- WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.
- 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
- Allo Docteurs (France Télévisions). Un homme atteint d'une maladie de la moelle osseuse en appelle à la communauté malgache en France. Updated Aug 9, 2017.
- Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Africa). Checked