SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE · AFRICA
Is there a bone marrow registry in São Tomé and Príncipe?
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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in São Tomé and Príncipe can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. São Tomé and Príncipe’s Ministry of Health has no working website: its domain, ms.gov.st, answered only for email on Oct 11, 2026, and its last archived homepage, from October 2023, had nothing on marrow or transplants. 11 12
| Place | São Tomé and Príncipe (São Tomé e Príncipe) 13 |
|---|---|
| Region | Middle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa 9 |
| Population | About 231,000 (2023) 10 |
| Registry | None found as of 7 8 |
| World donor search | No organization based in São Tomé and Príncipe lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 8 |
| Where we looked | 7 places, in English and Portuguese |
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What we found in São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe’s health ministry is offline; its 2023 site had nothing on marrow. 12
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, WMDA’s map of member registries showed none based in São Tomé and Príncipe, and no organization based in São Tomé and Príncipe listed donor records in WMDA’s Search & Match. 7 8 | |
| Instituto Português do Sangue e da Transplantação (IPST) — CEDACE | Portuguese | On Oct 11, 2026, Portugal’s registry, CEDACE, listed living in Portugal among its requirements, along with being 18 to 35, so people who live in São Tomé and Príncipe can’t join it from there. 1 | |
| Web search | English | The Internet Archive holds copies of São Tomé and Príncipe’s Ministry of Health site, ms.gov.st, from November 2022 to Oct 2, 2023, and none later; the October 2023 homepage covered the health line, the ministry’s mission and COVID-19. 11 12 | |
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We couldn’t open one other official page when we tried on Oct 11, 2026. That tells us nothing about whether it offers a way to join.
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Registries
- Instituto Português do Sangue e da Transplantação (IPST) — CEDACE. Dador de Medula Óssea.
- NMDP. Cooperative Registries.
- DKMS (US). DKMS Extends International Footprint with South African Partnership. Updated Aug 2, 2020.
- DKMS Africa (DKMS Foundation NPC). FAQs | Blood Stem Cell Donation with DKMS Africa.
- DKMS Africa (DKMS Foundation NPC). Register as a potential donor.
- South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR). Donor Exclusion Criteria.
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
- Internet Archive (CDX index). Capture index for ms.gov.st. Archived copy.
- Ministério da Saúde de São Tomé e Príncipe. Ministério da Saúde de São Tomé e Príncipe, Mais Saúde Mais Riqueza. Archived copy.
- Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Africa). Checked