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Is there a bone marrow registry in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?

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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' Ministry of Health posts health news but nothing on marrow or stem cell donation. 2

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at a glance
PlaceSaint Vincent and the Grenadines (St. Vincent & Grenadines) 14
RegionCaribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas 4
PopulationAbout 101,000 (2023) 5
RegistryNone found as of 3
World donor searchNo organization based in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 7
TransplantsiWitness News, which has published about 20,000 stories since 2009, had none mentioning stem cells when searched on Oct 16, 2026, and no report of a stem cell transplant done in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has turned up in our other searches either. 12
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What we found in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ health ministry posts no marrow donor information. 2

WhereLanguageFindingDate
World Marrow Donor AssociationEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, no organization based in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was on WMDA’s member map or in its organization database. 3 6
Ministry of Health, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, the Ministry of Health homepage of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines had nothing on marrow or stem cell donation. 2
IWitness NewsEnglishOn Oct 16, 2026, a search of iWitness News for 'bone marrow' returned five stories the site published from 2017 to 2026, two of them about patients referred to Barbados or Trinidad, and none about a donor registry or drive in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 11
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Can people in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join a registry abroad?

St Vincent Times reported in Apr 2018 that a Vincentian being treated for leukemia in Birmingham urged more Black people to join the UK's bone marrow register; DKMS UK's rules, checked on Oct 16, 2026, keep only donors who live in the UK full time. 1 13

Questions about Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?

iWitness News, which has published about 20,000 stories since 2009, had none mentioning stem cells when searched on Oct 16, 2026, and no report of a stem cell transplant done in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has turned up in our other searches either. 12

Can a hospital in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines search abroad for a donor?

iWitness News reported in Oct 2017 that a 24-year-old woman from Barrouallie with acute myeloid leukemia, who began treatment at Milton Cato Memorial Hospital in Saint Vincent, was being treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados. 9

In Jan 2023 iWitness News reported that doctors at Milton Cato Memorial Hospital had sent a sick boy's bone marrow test to SickKids in Canada and sought his transfer to a hospital in Trinidad, which in the end decided not to accept him. 10

Children in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with cancer or blood disorders are among those the SickKids-Caribbean Initiative of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children has worked to help since 2013, in six Caribbean countries in all, the Jamaica Observer reported in Nov 2022. 8

Citing BBC Midlands, St Vincent Times reported in Apr 2018 that a Vincentian man's chance of finding a matching donor in the UK was even more remote because he is from St Vincent. 13

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Sources

How we check

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Registries

  1. DKMS Foundation (DKMS UK). Frequently Asked Questions | DKMS UK.

Official bodies

  1. Ministry of Health, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Ministry of Health.

Figures and lists

  1. World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
  2. United Nations Statistics Division. Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49): Overview (English table).
  3. UN DESA Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024: Total population by sex (CSV).
  4. WMDA (Share, Organisation data public access). Database.
  5. WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.

Other sources

  1. Jamaica Observer. SickKids Caribbean initiative launches fund-raising to aid Jamaican children with cancer. Updated Nov 6, 2022. Checked
  2. iWitness News. Bagga woman needs help paying for cancer treatment. Updated Oct 9, 2017. Checked
  3. iWitness News. Rayden's mom battling anger, sadness at his death. Updated Jan 25, 2023. Checked
  4. iWitness News. Search results for "bone marrow". Checked
  5. iWitness News. Search results for "stem cell". Checked
  6. St Vincent Times. Vincentian With Leukaemia Fighting For Life In The UK. Updated Apr 24, 2018. Checked
  7. Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (North America). Checked