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Is there a bone marrow registry in Niger?
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As of , we haven’t found enough to verify a way to join from Niger yet. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. In December 2015 a member of France’s National Assembly wrote that a registry had recently been forming in Niger, but no source from Niger, no WMDA record and no later report we found confirms it. 12
| Region | Western Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa 10 |
|---|---|
| Population | About 26.2 million (2023) 11 |
| Registry | None found as of 8 9 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Niger lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 9 |
| Transplants | We haven’t found a stem cell transplant done in Niger. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. WHO’s Africa office reported in July 2025 that Niger’s national sickle cell reference center, led by Medical Colonel Mariam Boureima Djibo, had opened an intensive care room and screened more than 2,000 young people free in 2024. 4 |
| Where we looked | 11 places, in English, French and Arabic |
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What we found in Niger
A 2015 claim of a registry in Niger is unconfirmed. 12
| 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 Niger, and no organization based in Niger listed donor records in WMDA’s Search & Match. 8 9 | |
| Web search | French | A French web search for a donor registry in Niamey on Oct 11, 2026 found only the 2015 French parliamentary question that mentions Niger; the French government’s answer, published in April 2016, didn’t confirm it. 12 | |
| Organisation mondiale de la Santé, Bureau régional de l'Afrique | French | A French web search on Oct 16, 2026 found no marrow transplant in Niger; WHO’s Africa office reported in July 2025 that Niger’s sickle cell reference center had run a pilot newborn screening program at the Maternité Issaka Gazobi, with pediatrician Dr Marie Ousseini, and planned to build a new center in Niamey. 4 | |
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WHO’s Africa office said in July 2025 that it gave Niger’s sickle cell reference center medicines and supplies on June 19, 2024, and that its interim representative in Niger, Dr Casimir Manengu, visited on Jan 28, 2025 and suggested opening branches of the center elsewhere in Niger. 4
WHO’s Africa office reported in July 2025 that the plans of Niger’s sickle cell reference center include premarital screening in every region, a better health information system and making sickle cell disease part of Niger’s national health policies. 4
We couldn’t open the website of Ministère de la Santé Publique, Niger when we tried on Oct 11, 2026. That tells us nothing about whether it offers a way to join.
Can people in Niger join a registry abroad?
France’s registry, checked on Oct 11, 2026, takes people living abroad only if they plan to move back to France, and they must give a French address for the saliva kit, so people who live in Niger can’t join it. 3
South Africa’s two registries take only people who live in South Africa: on Oct 11, 2026, DKMS Africa’s form asked first whether you live there, and SABMR excluded anyone not living there, so people in Niger can’t join either from home. 1 2
Has Niger announced a registry or a law?
The French deputy’s written question, published on Dec 8, 2015, said Africa had one registry, in South Africa, with two recently forming in Ghana and Niger, and asked how France would encourage more diverse donors to join its own registry. 12
Questions about Niger
Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in Niger?
We haven’t found a stem cell transplant done in Niger. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. WHO’s Africa office reported in July 2025 that Niger’s national sickle cell reference center, led by Medical Colonel Mariam Boureima Djibo, had opened an intensive care room and screened more than 2,000 young people free in 2024. 4
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Registries
- DKMS Africa (DKMS Foundation NPC). Register as a potential donor.
- South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR). Donor Exclusion Criteria.
- Agence de la biomédecine (France). FAQ - Thématique : S'inscrire et donner.
- Organisation mondiale de la Santé, Bureau régional de l'Afrique. Drépanocytose au Niger : Briser le silence pour sauver des vies. Updated Jul 25, 2025. Checked
Official bodies
- Ministère de la Santé Publique, Niger. sante.gouv.ne. Tried ; we couldn’t open it
- Ministère de la Santé, Gabon. sante.gouv.ga.
- Agence Nationale des Greffes (ANG), Algérie. ANG website.
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
- Assemblée nationale (France). Question écrite n° 91730 (published 8 Dec 2015; answer 19 Apr 2016). Updated Dec 8, 2015.