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Is there a bone marrow registry in Montenegro?

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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Montenegro can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. The Clinical Center of Montenegro did the first bone marrow stem cell transplant in Montenegro, from a related donor, in February 2025; before that, patients were sent abroad for it. 1 5

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Montenegro at a glance
PlaceMontenegro (Crna Gora) 13
RegionSouthern Europe, Europe 10
PopulationAbout 634,000 (2023) 11
RegistryNone found as of 8
World donor searchNo organization based in Montenegro lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 12
TransplantsWhen the Clinical Center of Montenegro announced its first bone marrow stem cell transplant in February 2025, Montenegro’s health minister said the country had also restarted kidney transplants from living donors. 1 5
Where we looked3 places, in Serbian
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What we found in Montenegro

Montenegro’s blood transfusion institute lists blood donation only. 6

WhereLanguageFindingDate
World Marrow Donor AssociationEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, no organization based in Montenegro appeared on the World Marrow Donor Association’s member map or in its organization database. 8 9
Klinički centar Crne Gore (KCCG)SerbianOn Oct 15, 2026, a search of the Clinical Center of Montenegro’s website for “registar davalaca” (donor registry) found nothing. 2
Web searchSerbianNothing to add

On Oct 11, 2026, the website of the Blood Transfusion Institute of Montenegro covered blood donation only, with nothing on stem cell or bone marrow donors. 6

Can people in Montenegro join a registry abroad?

Neighboring Croatia’s registry takes only Croatian citizens, and Serbia’s signs people up in person at transfusion centers in six Serbian cities, according to their rules on Oct 15, 2026. 3 4

Are stem cell transplants done in Montenegro?

Montenegro’s Health Insurance Fund said it would pay for a team from Belgrade’s Military Medical Academy to work with doctors at the Clinical Center of Montenegro on kidney, liver and stem cell transplants. 7

Montenegro’s health minister said in February 2025 that the Blood Transfusion Institute had opened the country’s first stem cell bank and collected and stored the cells for the first transplant, done by the Clinical Center’s hematology staff trained with Belgrade’s Military Medical Academy. 1

Clinical Center of Montenegro director Aleksandar Radović said in February 2025 that training of its doctors and nurses for the program began in 2023, and that patients would no longer be sent abroad for kidney and stem cell transplants. 1

Has Montenegro announced a registry or a law?

In June 2024 the Clinical Center of Montenegro said it was negotiating with several health centers to start stem cell transplants, and in September 2024 that it would begin them by the end of the year with Belgrade’s Military Medical Academy; the first followed in February 2025. 5

When the Clinical Center of Montenegro announced its first stem cell transplant in February 2025, Health Minister Vojislav Šimun said that, by setting up a registry and database of potential donors and building a new hematology building with a PET CT center, Montenegro planned to be ready for other kinds of stem cell transplants within the next year. 1

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Sources

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Registries

  1. Klinički centar Crne Gore (KCCG). U Kliničkom centru Crne Gore uspješno urađene transplantacije matičnih ćelija koštane srži i bubrega sa srodnog donora. Updated Feb 23, 2025. Checked
  2. Klinički centar Crne Gore (KCCG). Pretraga: registar davalaca. Checked
  3. Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb (KBC Zagreb). Hrvatski registar dobrovoljnih darivatelja krvotvornih matičnih stanica.
  4. Serbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. Како се пријавити у Регистар? Checked
  5. Klinički centar Crne Gore (KCCG). Tražili ste koštane srži / registar davalaca.
  6. Zavod za transfuziju krvi Crne Gore (Blood Transfusion Institute of Montenegro). Site search "matične" / "koštana".

Official bodies

  1. Fond za zdravstveno osiguranje Crne Gore (FZOCG). FZO će obezbijediti finansijsku podršku za transplantaciju bubrega, jetre i matičnih ćelija. Checked

Figures and lists

  1. World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
  2. WMDA. WMDA Share organisation database (public view).
  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. Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Europe). Checked