SOUTH SUDAN · AFRICA
Is there a bone marrow registry in South Sudan?
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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in South Sudan can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. South Sudan had no oncology facility, and patients who could pay were referred abroad for cancer care, the South Sudan Medical Journal said in a February 2018 editorial. 10
| Region | Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa 8 |
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| Population | About 11.5 million (2023) 9 |
| Registry | None found as of 6 7 |
| World donor search | No organization based in South Sudan lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 7 |
| Transplants | Leukemia and lymphomas were among the cancers most often diagnosed in South Sudan, without chemotherapy or radiotherapy at home, the South Sudan Medical Journal wrote in 2018; patients who could afford it went to Sudan, Egypt, Uganda, India or South Africa. 10 |
| Where we looked | 6 places, in English |
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What we found in South Sudan
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
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| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, WMDA’s map of member registries showed none based in South Sudan, and no organization based in South Sudan listed donor records in WMDA’s Search & Match. 6 7 | |
| Ministry of Health, Republic of South Sudan | English | South Sudan’s Ministry of Health website, read on Oct 16, 2026, led with news of over 850,000 malaria cases treated and of nutrition services; neither its homepage nor its search for “cancer” said anything about cancer care, bone marrow or stem cells. 4 5 | |
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An English web search on Oct 16, 2026 found no donor registry or transplant service in South Sudan; it led to a 2018 South Sudan Medical Journal editorial by a Juba pathologist, who wrote that the country had no cancer registry and only two pathologists. 10
Can people in South Sudan join a registry abroad?
Has South Sudan announced a registry or a law?
Eye Radio reported that on May 6, 2025 South Sudan’s Ministry of Health approved the country’s first oncology department, after Acting Health Minister James Hoth Mai met the South Sudan Cancer Network, a group of 11 South Sudanese oncologists; until then, cancer services had not been part of national health policy. 11
Eye Radio reported in January 2026 that the South Sudan Cancer Association Network told Trade Minister Atong Kuol Manyang that the lack of specialized treatment forces many patients to seek costly care abroad, and that local cancer treatment centers were due to open on Feb 4, 2026 under the Ministry of Health. 12
Questions about South Sudan
Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in South Sudan?
Leukemia and lymphomas were among the cancers most often diagnosed in South Sudan, without chemotherapy or radiotherapy at home, the South Sudan Medical Journal wrote in 2018; patients who could afford it went to Sudan, Egypt, Uganda, India or South Africa. 10
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Registries
- SABMR. Donor Exclusion Criteria - SABMR.
- DKMS Africa. Registration (1/11) - first eligibility screen.
- DKMS Africa. Blood stem cell registration form for non-sa citizens.
Official bodies
- Ministry of Health, Republic of South Sudan. Ministry of Health, Republic of South Sudan.
- Ministry of Health, Republic of South Sudan. Ministry of Health, Republic of South Sudan. Checked
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
- South Sudan Medical Journal. Editorial: The call to battle cancer in South Sudan. February 2018. Checked
- Eye Radio (South Sudan). Ministry of Health approves creation of first cancer department. Updated May 7, 2025. Checked
- Eye Radio (South Sudan). Minister Atong Kuol backs initiative to establish local cancer treatment facilities. Updated Jan 27, 2026. Checked