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Is there a bone marrow registry in Palestine?
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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Palestine can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in October 2026 that it is building a bone marrow transplant service in Jerusalem with Augusta Victoria and Makassed hospitals, backed by UNDP and the EU. 4
| Place | Palestine (الأراضي الفلسطينية) 11 |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Asia, Asia 8 |
| Population | About 5.4 million (2023) 9 |
| Registry | None found as of 6 7 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Palestine lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 6 |
| Transplants | An-Najah National University Hospital in Nablus opened its bone marrow transplant department in 2014 and said in June 2023 that it had done more than 300 transplants with patients’ own cells, as the only center in Palestine doing them. 1 |
| Where we looked | 4 places, in English and Arabic |
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What we found in Palestine
Palestine’s health ministry is building a bone marrow transplant service in Jerusalem. 4
| 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 Palestine. 6 7 10 | |
| Palestinian Ministry of Health | Arabic | On Oct 11, 2026, the Palestinian Ministry of Health’s website mentioned bone marrow only in its news about the planned Jerusalem transplant service, and its site search for “bone marrow” returned no results list. 3 5 | |
| An-Najah National University Hospital (NNUH) | English | On Oct 16, 2026, a web search for transplant units in Palestine found An-Najah National University Hospital’s transplant department in Nablus and the Augusta Victoria Hospital unit in Jerusalem, but no stem cell donor registry or sign-up. 1 2 | |
| Web search | Arabic | Nothing to add |
Has Palestine announced a registry or a law?
In October 2010, the Welfare Association announced grants for health projects in Palestine, including building and equipping a bone marrow transplant unit at Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, which it called the first of its kind in the West Bank and Gaza; it named no donor registry. 2
Palestine’s Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan chaired a steering committee of the UNDP and European Union project supporting Jerusalem’s hospitals in October 2026, which discussed creating the first bone marrow transplant center in Jerusalem; it named no donor registry. 4
Questions about Palestine
Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in Palestine?
An-Najah National University Hospital in Nablus opened its bone marrow transplant department in 2014 and said in June 2023 that it had done more than 300 transplants with patients’ own cells, as the only center in Palestine doing them. 1
Can a hospital in Palestine search abroad for a donor?
Patients in Palestine who need a bone marrow transplant are sent abroad for it: the Ministry of Health said in October 2026 that its planned Jerusalem service would reduce the need to refer them outside the country. 4
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Registries
- An-Najah National University Hospital (NNUH). NNUH Successfully Performs Over 300 Bone Marrow Transplant Surgeries. Updated Jun 18, 2023. Checked
- Taawon (Welfare Association). The Welfare Association signs agreement with Al-Nour Charitable Foundation and AlFadl Trust to aid projects in Palestine. Updated Oct 4, 2010. Checked
Official bodies
- Palestinian Ministry of Health. Ministry site search: نخاع العظم (bone marrow).
- Palestinian Ministry of Health. وزير الصحة: تطوير زراعة نخاع العظم في القدس خطوة استراتيجية لتوطين العلاج التخصصي.
- Palestinian Ministry of Health. Home page.
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
- Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Asia). Checked