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Is there a bone marrow registry in Mongolia?

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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Mongolia can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Mongolia’s First Central Hospital started bone marrow and blood stem cell transplants in 2014, AKIpress News Agency reported in May 2024, but we found no donor registry in Mongolia. 11

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Mongolia at a glance
PlaceMongolia (Монгол) 13
RegionEastern Asia, Asia 7
PopulationAbout 3.4 million (2023) 8
RegistryNone found as of 5 6
World donor searchNo organization based in Mongolia lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 9
TransplantsAKIpress News Agency reported in June 2016 that First Central Hospital doctors had done bone marrow transplants in Mongolia in 2011 and 2014, and that the hospital had signed an agreement with Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital in South Korea to develop the procedure within five years. 10
Where we looked12 places, in English and Mongolian
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What we found in Mongolia

Mongolia’s Ministry of Health lists a national transfusion center but no marrow registry. 2

WhereLanguageFindingDate
World Marrow Donor AssociationEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, the World Marrow Donor Association’s lists had no organization based in Mongolia, and its Search & Match statistics had no Mongolian listing. 5 9
Ministry of Health of Mongolia (Эрүүл мэндийн яам)MongolianOn Oct 11, 2026, the homepage of Mongolia’s Ministry of Health listed the National Transfusion Center among its national centers but said nothing about a marrow donor registry, and it still didn’t on Oct 15, 2026. 2
Улсын Нэгдүгээр Төв Эмнэлэг (First Central Hospital of Mongolia)MongolianOn Oct 11, 2026, the homepage of Mongolia’s First Central Hospital, the country’s transplant center, had nothing about signing up as a stem cell donor.
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Can people in Mongolia join a registry abroad?

On Oct 16, 2026, the Korea Marrow Donor Program signed up donors aged 18 to under 40 at its office in Seoul’s Geumcheon district on weekdays, or through group registrations, taking 3 to 5 ml of blood for typing, so there was no way to join it from Mongolia. 1

Are stem cell transplants done in Mongolia?

The director of Mongolia’s First Central Hospital, B. Khishigjargal, told the UB Post in August 2024 that the hospital had done blood stem cell transplants for 32 people and had begun transplants from donors in the previous two years, though their funding wasn’t yet secured. 12

Has Mongolia announced a registry or a law?

AKIpress News Agency reported in May 2024 that a draft Law on Organ Transplantation was before Mongolia’s parliament; the report didn’t say whether it covers stem cell donors. 11

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Sources

How we check

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Registries

  1. Korea Marrow Donor Program (한국조혈모세포은행협회). 기증희망등록 (Donor registration).

Official bodies

  1. Ministry of Health of Mongolia (Эрүүл мэндийн яам). Ministry of Health homepage.
  2. National Transfusion Center. Донорын төрлүүд (Donor types and services).
  3. National Transfusion Center. Site search 'чөмөг' (marrow).

Figures and lists

  1. World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
  2. WMDA. WMDA statistics.
  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. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.

Other sources

  1. AKIpress News Agency. Mongolia, South Korea sign memo of cooperation on bone marrow transplant. Updated Jun 7, 2016.
  2. AKIpress News Agency. International Congress of Organ Transplantation organized in Ulaanbaatar. Updated May 27, 2024.
  3. UB Post (republished by the First Central Hospital of Mongolia). B.Khishigjargal: We are increasing salaries, but we are still in shortage. Updated Aug 21, 2024. Checked
  4. Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Asia). Checked