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Become a bone marrow donor in Serbia

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If you live in Serbia, you can join Serbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry from age 18 to 45. Serbia’s registry, based at the Blood Transfusion Institute of Serbia, signs people up in person, at a transfusion center in one of six cities or wherever a blood donation team is working. 2 Checked .

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Serbia at a glance
PlaceSerbia (Србија, Srbija, Szerbia) 10
RegionSouthern Europe, Europe 7
PopulationAbout 6.8 million (2023) 8
RegistrySerbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (Blood Transfusion Institute of Serbia) 1 9
Who can joinAges 18 to 45, listed until your 60th birthdaySerbia’s registry lists age, 18 to 45, and health as its conditions; its application form asks for your nationality, explaining that this helps match donors with patients of a particular ethnic background. 1 3 4
How you sign upTo join Serbia’s registry you fill in an application form and a medical questionnaire, which you can download in advance, and give a blood sample like the one for a blood count, used for HLA typing. 1 2
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Bone marrow registries are also called stem cell registries.

Who runs the bone marrow donor registry in Serbia?

Serbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry signs up people who live in Serbia. It is run by Blood Transfusion Institute of Serbia, a blood service.

In Serbia you join in person at a transfusion center or blood drive, aged 18 to 45. 1 2

How do I join in Serbia?

During its national campaign “Osloni se na mene” (Lean on me) in September 2022, Serbia’s registry signed up 85 new donors at a festival in Smederevo Fortress on Sep 25, and it says more than 400 people from Novi Pazar have joined since the campaign began. 5

Who can join in Serbia?

Can I donate?Age limits by country

The registry’s ages

Serbia and the world’s donor search

Serbia’s registry was founded in 2005 at the Blood Transfusion Institute of Serbia, under the patronage of the Ministry of Health, and became part of the world registry in 2012. 1

N1 reported on Feb 17, 2026, that only 0.4% of Serbia’s citizens had joined the registry, as the Blood Transfusion Institute started a campaign, “Budimo jaki na delu”, asking people to sign up. 9

Serbia’s registry says a large national registry matters because tissue types are more alike within ethnic groups and searches take less time, and above all because patients can then be treated in their own country, close to their families and able to talk with staff in their own language. 6

What happens after I join?

Once you join Serbia’s registry, your data stay there until you turn 60. 1

Serbia’s registry lets patients and donors write to each other through it, without sharing personal details, for the first two years after a transplant, and lets them meet after that if both agree in writing. 6

What donating is like

Questions about joining in Serbia

Can I join if I’m not a citizen of Serbia?

Serbia’s registry lists age, 18 to 45, and health as its conditions; its application form asks for your nationality, explaining that this helps match donors with patients of a particular ethnic background. 3 4

How do I sign up in Serbia: online, by kit or in person?

To join Serbia’s registry you fill in an application form and a medical questionnaire, which you can download in advance, and give a blood sample like the one for a blood count, used for HLA typing. 1 2

How old do you have to be to join Serbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry?

Serbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry signs up people aged 18 to 45. It keeps you listed until your 60th birthday. 1

Is Serbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry part of the international donor search?

Yes. Serbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry is a member of the World Marrow Donor Association.

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Sources

How we check

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Registries

  1. Регистар давалаца матичних ћелија хематопоезе Србије (Serbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry). Регистар давалаца матичних ћелија хематопоезе Србије. Checked
  2. Serbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. Како се пријавити у Регистар? Checked
  3. Регистар давалаца матичних ћелија хематопоезе Србије (Serbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry). Даваоци.
  4. Регистар давалаца матичних ћелија хематопоезе Србије (Serbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry). Prijava za Registar davalaca matičnih ćelija hematopoeze Srbije.
  5. Регистар давалаца матичних ћелија хематопоезе Србије (Serbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry). Актуелности. Updated Sep 25, 2022.
  6. Регистар давалаца матичних ћелија хематопоезе Србије (Serbian Bone Marrow Donor Registry). Пацијенти.

Figures and lists

  1. United Nations Statistics Division. Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49): Overview (English table). Checked
  2. UN DESA Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024: Total population by sex (CSV). Checked

Other sources

  1. N1 Srbija. Kako donirati matične ćelije (postupak). Updated Feb 17, 2026. Checked
  2. Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Europe).