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Joining a stem cell donor registry from Sri Lanka

For people who live in Sri Lanka. Live somewhere else? Find your country.

A registry for people in Sri Lanka is being set up by Sri Lanka Stem Cell Donor Registry. Some details aren’t settled yet, and we say which.

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A registry is starting. Pre-register with Sri Lanka Stem Cell Donor Registry.

See how to join, On this pageWhat happens after you join, From your sample to a possible call

Browsing from another country? See how joining works where you live.

Ways to join

One service signs up people who live in Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Stem Cell Donor Registry.

Where a card has no join button, use the registry’s own pages for now. We link to a sign-up page only once we’ve checked the exact page the button opens.

Who can join

These are Sri Lanka Stem Cell Donor Registry’s rules, in short. Its own pages have the full list, and the registry decides.

Where you live
Sri Lanka.
Age to join
18 to 45
Your health
Most healthy adults can join. Some conditions rule it out. Read the registry’s health rules (opens in a new tab)
Joining, staying on the registry and being able to donate are different ages.

What happens after you join

From your sample to a possible call. Each registry runs its own process; these are the steps they share.

  1. Check you can join.

    Sri Lanka Stem Cell Donor Registry sets its own age range and health rules. Its own pages have them.

  2. Give a sample.

    The registry takes a sample to record your tissue type. Its own pages say how.

  3. You’re on the registry.

    Your tissue type is recorded, so searches for patients can find you.

  4. If you match a patient.

    The registry contacts you, checks you’re still willing and well, and arranges more tests.

  5. Donation.

    If you go ahead, you’ll donate blood stem cells or bone marrow. The registry explains what’s involved and supports you through it.

Keep your contact details up to date so the registry can reach you. What donating is like

Questions

Can I join if I’m not a citizen?

Registries usually decide by where you live, not by nationality. Sri Lanka Stem Cell Donor Registry’s own rules say who can join.

I’m already on another country’s registry. Do I join again?

Registries share their lists with searches around the world, so ask your registry before you join a second one.

Is giving blood the same as joining?

Giving blood helps patients who need transfusions. It doesn’t put you on a stem cell donor registry unless that registry says it does.

Who is the Jada Bascom Foundation?

We’re a US charity. We don’t run a registry, and we aren’t part of Sri Lanka Stem Cell Donor Registry. We help people find the official registry where they live.

Live somewhere else?

Registries usually sign up people by where they live, not by nationality.

Learn more

BE SOMEONE’S TORSTEN

The same search found Jada’s donor in Germany.

Jada was a baby in Spokane, Washington, when doctors found she had acute myeloid leukemia. Her match was a stranger five thousand miles away: Torsten, who had joined the DKMS registry at a donor drive in Germany the year before she was born. If you live in Sri Lanka, your place in that search starts with Sri Lanka Stem Cell Donor Registry.

See how to join, On this page
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Sources

The registries’ own pages

  1. Sri Lanka Stem Cell Donor Registry (SLSCDR) / NBTS. Donor Registration Form (rendered headless, not submitted) (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
  2. Sri Lanka Stem Cell Donor Registry (SLSCDR) / NBTS. Join Us (and https://praana.lk/faq, 15:54:02Z) (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked

Government and official registers

  1. National Blood Transfusion Service, Sri Lanka (Ministry of Health). Stem Cells and Transplant (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
  2. National Blood Transfusion Service, Sri Lanka (Ministry of Health). Sri Lanka Stem Cell Donor Registry & Praana Program (found by NBTS site search for 'stem cell' at 17:57:21Z) (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
  3. Jada Bascom Foundation. About us: Jada’s story. Undated.Checked

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What we do and what we don’t. The Jada Bascom Foundation is a charity in the United States. We don’t run a registry, and we aren’t part of Sri Lanka Stem Cell Donor Registry. We explain how joining works and link to the registry’s own site. We can’t see whether you sign up, and we never receive anything you give the registry.

Something wrong or out of date? Tell us, with this page’s title and what looks wrong. Our contact form doesn’t accept web addresses, so the title is enough. Tell us

Joining a registry is separate from giving money to JBF. Support this work