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Is there a bone marrow registry in Sint Maarten?

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As of , no bone marrow donor registry signs up people who live in Sint Maarten. Matchis, the Dutch registry, takes online sign-ups only from people living in the Netherlands and has not yet recruited on Sint Maarten. 5 6

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Sint Maarten at a glance
PlaceSint Maarten (Sint-Maarten) 15
RegionCaribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas 11
PopulationAbout 42,700 (2023) 12
RegistryNone found as of 10
World donor searchNo organization based in Sint Maarten lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 14
TransplantsSt. Maarten General Hospital, which is taking over from the Sint Maarten Medical Center, was still preparing to open when its site was read on Oct 16, 2026, and the site lists no transplant or stem cell service. 7
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What we found in Sint Maarten

Sint Maarten has no donor drives yet; Matchis plans to expand. 6

WhereLanguageFindingDate
World Marrow Donor AssociationEnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, no organization based in Sint Maarten was on WMDA’s member map or in its organization database. 10 13
St. Maarten General Hospital (formerly Sint Maarten Medical Center)EnglishOn Oct 11, 2026, the old Sint Maarten Medical Center address led to St. Maarten General Hospital, which was preparing to open, with no marrow, transplant, donor or blood content. 7
SZV Social & Health InsurancesEnglishOn Oct 16, 2026, the news section of SZV Social & Health Insurances covered its Jun 2026 agreement with a hospital in Cali for care not available on Sint Maarten, and nothing about stem cell donors. 2
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Can people in Sint Maarten join a registry abroad?

People living in Sint Maarten can’t join NMDP, which on Oct 15, 2026 signed up only residents of the U.S., its territories and freely associated states, and Gift of Life says it typically does not register donors from other countries. 3 4

Has Sint Maarten announced a registry or a law?

Matchis's Jun 2026 release on its Aruba start promised similar recruitment programs on the other Caribbean islands soon, but gave no plan or date for Sint Maarten. 6

Questions about Sint Maarten

Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in Sint Maarten?

St. Maarten General Hospital, which is taking over from the Sint Maarten Medical Center, was still preparing to open when its site was read on Oct 16, 2026, and the site lists no transplant or stem cell service. 7

Can a hospital in Sint Maarten search abroad for a donor?

SZV Social & Health Insurances, Sint Maarten's public insurer, signed a long-term agreement in Jun 2026 with Fundación Valle del Lili in Cali, Colombia, to treat insured patients who need specialized care that isn't available on Sint Maarten, after working with the hospital since Jul 2024. 2

Sint Maarten also takes patients from Saba and Sint Eustatius, most of whom are referred there for specialist care, and the Sint Maarten Medical Center was one of the hospitals the three islands' health commissioners visited in Jun 2025, the Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland reported. 8 9

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Sources

How we check

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Registries

  1. Sint Maarten Medical Center. SMMC website.
  2. SZV Social & Health Insurances. SZV formalizes long-term partnership with international care provider Fundación Valle del Lili. Updated Jun 29, 2026. Checked
  3. NMDP. Join the donor registry | NMDP (Formerly Be The Match).
  4. Gift of Life Marrow Registry. FAQ - Gift of Life.
  5. Stichting Matchis. Wie kan stamceldonor worden? | Stichting Matchis. Checked
  6. Stichting Matchis. Start werving stamceldonoren op Aruba. Updated Jun 17, 2026. Checked
  7. St. Maarten General Hospital (formerly Sint Maarten Medical Center). SMGH.

Official bodies

  1. Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland. Aantal medische uitzendingen stijgt licht in 2025. Updated Feb 12, 2026. Checked
  2. Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland. Zorggedeputeerden en ZJCN versterken samenwerking met regionale ziekenhuizen. Updated Jun 12, 2025. Checked

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. Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (North America). Checked