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Is there a bone marrow registry in Pakistan?

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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Pakistan can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. NIBD, a hospital network in Karachi that treats blood diseases, says it has performed more than 1,300 bone marrow transplants, using family members and half-matched relatives as donors. 1

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Pakistan at a glance
PlacePakistan (پاکستان) 16
RegionSouthern Asia, Asia 10
PopulationAbout 247.5 million (2023) 11
RegistryNone found as of 8 9
World donor searchNo organization based in Pakistan lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 12
TransplantsA 2023 survey by the Pakistan Blood and Marrow Transplant group counted 12 transplant centers, all in Punjab and Sindh, which together carried out 806 stem cell transplants in 2021 and 2022. 13
Where we looked13 places, in English and Urdu
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What we found in Pakistan

Pakistan’s transplant centers use family and half-matched donors; no registry found. 1 13

WhereLanguageFindingDate
World Marrow Donor AssociationEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, the World Marrow Donor Association listed no member organization based in Pakistan, and its Search & Match statistics had no Pakistani listing. 8 9
Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, PakistanEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, searches on the website of Pakistan’s Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination returned a “not found” error, and they still did on Oct 15, 2026. 4 7
National Institute of Blood Disease & Bone Marrow Transplantation (NIBD), KarachiEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, the website of NIBD, Pakistan’s National Institute of Blood Disease and Bone Marrow Transplantation, described transplants from family and half-matched donors and offered no way to sign up as an unrelated donor. 1
Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority, PakistanEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, the website of Pakistan’s Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority said nothing about stem cell or marrow donor registration. 5
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We couldn’t open the website of Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority, Pakistan when we tried on Oct 11, 2026. That tells us nothing about whether it offers a way to join.

Can people in Pakistan join a registry abroad?

People who live in Pakistan can’t join India’s two national registries: DKMS Foundation India registers permanent residents of India only, and DATRI’s sign-up form asks whether you live in India, as both read on Oct 15, 2026. 2 3

Are stem cell transplants done in Pakistan?

A 2008 review in Bone Marrow Transplantation dates Pakistan’s first stem cell transplant to October 1995 at Dr Ziauddin Hospital, followed by the Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre in 2001 and Aga Khan Hospital in 2004, all using matched siblings as donors. 15

Questions about Pakistan

Can a hospital in Pakistan search abroad for a donor?

In a trial record first posted on ClinicalTrials.gov in May 2019, Pakistan’s National Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplant wrote that, with no donor registry in Pakistan, matched unrelated donor transplants were not an option there. 14

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Sources

How we check

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Registries

  1. National Institute of Blood Disease & Bone Marrow Transplantation (NIBD), Karachi. Bone Marrow Transplant in Karachi.
  2. DATRI Blood Stem Cell Donors Registry. Register now.
  3. DKMS Foundation India. Register as a potential donor.

Official bodies

  1. Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Pakistan. Homepage.
  2. Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority, Pakistan. Welcome to Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority.
  3. Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority, Pakistan. You are being redirected... Tried ; we couldn’t open it
  4. Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Pakistan. Site search 'stem cell'.

Figures and lists

  1. World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). WMDA statistics.
  2. World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry (member map).
  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. Journal of Transplantation (Hindawi), via PubMed Central. Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Trends in Pakistan: Activity Survey from Pakistan Bone Marrow Transplant Group. Updated Sep 28, 2023. Checked
  2. ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine); sponsor National Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplant (NIBMT), Pakistan. A Novel TBI Free Conditioning Protocol for Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplant in Aplastic Anemia (NCT03955601). Checked
  3. Bone Marrow Transplantation (Nature). The stem cell transplant program in Pakistan—the first decade. 2008. Checked
  4. Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Asia). Checked