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Is there a bone marrow registry in Oman?
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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Oman can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Stem cell transplants in Oman began in 1994 at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Muscat, a 2019 study in the Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal reported. 8
| Place | Oman (عُمان) 12 |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Asia, Asia 4 |
| Population | About 5 million (2023) 5 |
| Registry | None found as of 2 3 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Oman lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 2 |
| Transplants | A 2019 Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal study found that all 170 patients transplanted at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Oman from February 2006 to December 2016 received cells from a matched sibling. 8 |
| Where we looked | 4 places, in English and Arabic |
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What we found in Oman
Oman has done stem cell transplants since 1994; we found no donor registry there. 8
| 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 entry for Oman. 2 3 6 | |
| Web search | English | On Oct 11, 2026, an English web search found no Omani donor registry, only material on Sultan Qaboos University Hospital’s transplant program, which a 2019 study said used matched sibling donors. 8 | |
| Ministry of Health, Oman | Arabic | On Oct 11, 2026, an Arabic web search found no Omani stem cell donor registry; the Ministry of Health’s portal counted people registered in its Shifaa app to donate organs after death and had no marrow donor link, as it still didn’t on Oct 15, 2026. 1 | |
| Web search | English and Arabic | Nothing to add |
We couldn’t open Oman Observer’s website when we tried on Oct 11, 2026.
Are stem cell transplants done in Oman?
Oman Daily reported on Oct 15, 2025 that University Medical City had opened a bone marrow transplant unit with 21 isolation rooms, up from four, offering transplants from a patient’s own cells, a matched donor or a half-matched donor. 10
Oman Daily reported in October 2025 that University Medical City is building its national center for blood diseases and bone marrow transplants in three phases, toward 170 beds, with a stem cell and cell therapy laboratory it called the first in Oman and the Gulf. 10
Has Oman announced a registry or a law?
Oman Observer reported in July 2026 that The Longevity Cell Bank, set up with Ministry of Health support, would store cord blood free for 100 newborns a year over five years from families in Oman’s Social Protection System; the report describes family storage, not donation to a public registry. 9
Questions about Oman
Can a hospital in Oman search abroad for a donor?
Omani patients are still sent abroad for some bone marrow transplants: Oman’s national program for organ and tissue transplantation aims in its third phase to do inside Oman all the bone marrow transplants for cases now sent abroad, Times of Oman reported. 11
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The link preview says: “No verified way to join yet. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Here’s what we checked.”
Official bodies
- Ministry of Health, Oman. Health portal home.
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
- Oman Observer. New stem cell bank offers hope to families. Tried ; we couldn’t open it
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, via PubMed Central. Impact of Home-to-Centre Distance on Bone Marrow Transplantation Outcomes. Updated May 30, 2019. Checked
- Oman Observer. New stem cell bank offers hope to families. Updated Jul 27, 2026. Checked
- Oman Daily. المدينة الطبية الجامعية تطلق وحدة زراعة النخاع. Updated Oct 15, 2025. Checked
- Times of Oman. National organ transplant programme established in Oman. Checked
- Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Asia). Checked