MALDIVES · ASIA
Joining a stem cell donor registry from the Maldives
For people who live in the Maldives. Live somewhere else? Find your country.
We looked in 7 places, in English and Divehi. Here’s what you can do today.
No verified way to join yet. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Here’s what we checked.
Browsing from another country? See how joining works where you live.
What you can do today
If you live somewhere else most of the year
Registries usually sign up people where they live. If that’s another country, look up how joining works there.
Look at the world list
The World Marrow Donor Association keeps a list of registries around the world. It’s a place to look. It doesn’t mean one signs up people who live in the Maldives.
Open the World Marrow Donor Association’s list (opens in a new tab)
Learn how matching works
Why a match is hard to find, and why people of every background are needed on registries.
If you’re a patient or family member
Ask the treating hospital whether it can search registries in other countries for an unrelated donor. We don’t know yet how that works in the Maldives.
Know of a registry here?
Tell us its name. We’ll look into it, and if we can verify it, this page will say so with the date.
What we checked
Before saying there’s no way to join that we’ve verified, we looked in these places. We’ll look again by Jan 6, 2027.
- The World Marrow Donor Association’s lists of registries and donor centers, in English, Oct 11, 2026.
- Ministry of Health, Maldives’s website, in English and Divehi, Oct 11, 2026.
- A web search for a registry or donor center, in English, Oct 11, 2026.
What would change this: a registry or donor center that says, on its own site or in the World Marrow Donor Association’s lists, that it signs up people who live in the Maldives.
Nearby, if you live there
If you live in one of these places, here’s how joining works there.
Questions
Can I join a registry in another country?
Most registries we’ve checked sign up only people who live in their own country or region. If a registry ever says it accepts people who live in the Maldives, this page will say so.
How often do you check?
We’ll look again by Jan 6, 2027, and sooner if someone tells us about a registry.
Is giving blood the same as joining?
Giving blood helps patients who need transfusions. It doesn’t put you on a stem cell donor registry unless that registry says it does.
Who is the Jada Bascom Foundation?
We’re a US charity. We don’t run a registry and can’t sign anyone up. We look for registries that sign up people where they live, and we say plainly when we haven’t found one.
Live somewhere else?
Registries usually sign up people by where they live, not by nationality.
Learn more
KNOW SOMETHING WE DON’T?
Know of a registry in the Maldives?
Tell us its name. We’ll look into it, and if we can verify it, this page will say so with the date. Our contact form doesn’t accept web addresses, so the name is enough.
CHECKED BEFORE IT WAS PUBLISHED
Sources
Government and official registers
- Ministry of Health, Maldives. Site searches: 'ބޯންމެރޯ' (bone marrow, Dhivehi) at 16:05:41Z; 'bone marrow', 'stem cell', 'transplant', 'thalassemia', 'ސްޓެމް ސެލް' between 15:59:22Z and 16:05:25Z (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
- Ministry of Health / Maldivian Blood Services. Management of Transfusion Dependent Thalassaemias (TDT) in the Maldives (MOH-MBS/G/22/110-0) (opens in a new tab). 2022.Checked
- Ministry of Health, Maldives. News, 16 April 2025 (Dhivehi) (opens in a new tab). Updated Apr 16, 2025.Checked
- Ministry of Health, Maldives. News, 19 September 2023 (Dhivehi) (opens in a new tab). Updated Sep 19, 2023.Checked
The World Marrow Donor Association
- World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). WMDA statistics JSON view (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
- World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry (member map) (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
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