MYANMAR · ASIA
Is there a bone marrow registry in Myanmar?
For people who live in Myanmar. Live somewhere else? Find your country.
As of , no bone marrow donor registry signs up people who live in Myanmar. Myanmar’s first stem cell transplant, using the patient’s own cells, was done at North Okkalapa General Hospital in Yangon in 2014, a 2017 report in Blood Advances says. 10
| Place | Myanmar (မြန်မာ) 11 |
|---|---|
| Region | South-eastern Asia, Asia 7 |
| Population | About 54.1 million (2023) 8 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Myanmar lists adult donors in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 5 |
| Transplants | The 2017 Blood Advances report on Myanmar’s transplant program, written with the National Blood Center in Yangon, said the country had fewer than 20 hematologists for more than 50 million people and aimed to move on to transplants from donors. 10 |
| Where we looked | 6 places, in English and Burmese |
| Checked | |
| Next check |
Why is there no link to a registry in Myanmar?
The newest account of transplants in Myanmar we read is the 2017 Blood Advances report, and Myanmar’s Ministry of Health website didn’t respond on Oct 11 or Oct 15, 2026, so we can’t say what exists today. 10
What we found in Myanmar
Myanmar began stem cell transplants in Yangon in 2014 and has no donor registry. 10
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, the World Marrow Donor Association’s member map, organization database and statistics had no organization based in Myanmar. 5 6 9 | |
| Myanmar Red Cross Society | Burmese and English | On Oct 11, 2026, searches of the Myanmar Red Cross Society website for “stem cell”, “bone marrow” and the Burmese word for bone marrow found no matching posts. 1 | |
4 more searches with nothing to add
| |||
Can people in Myanmar join a registry abroad?
Are stem cell transplants done in Myanmar?
The 2017 Blood Advances report says Myanmar’s doctors trained for transplants at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok from 2008 to 2013 and later in India, the US and Australia, and that six transplants for multiple myeloma were done from May 2014 to October 2016, without freezing the cells. 10
Know of a registry in Myanmar?
Download the card
The link preview says: “No registry to join. Here’s what is there instead.”
Registries
- Myanmar Red Cross Society. Site searches "stem cell", "bone marrow", "blood", Burmese "ရိုးတွင်းခြင်ဆီ" (bone marrow).
- Thai National Stem Cell Donor Registry (TSCDR), National Blood Centre, Thai Red Cross Society. ลงทะเบียนเป็นอาสาสมัครบริจาคสเต็มเซลล์ (Register as a stem cell donor volunteer).
- Thai National Stem Cell Donor Registry (TSCDR), National Blood Centre, Thai Red Cross Society. HOPE HERO ... ฉลองวันผู้บริจาคสเต็มเซลล์โลก ปี 2568 (World Marrow Donor Day 2025 campaign). 2025.
Official bodies
- Ministry of Health, Myanmar. MOH home page. Unavailable when read
Figures and lists
- WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.
- World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
- 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).
- WMDA (Share, Organisation data public access). Database.
Other sources
- Blood Advances (author copy, St George's University of London repository). Where there's a will, there's a way: establishing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Myanmar. 2017.
- Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Asia). Checked