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Is there a bone marrow registry in Venezuela?
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As of , we haven’t found a bone marrow donor registry that people who live in Venezuela can join. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one. NTN24 reported in June 2019 that Venezuela’s health minister said the ministry was studying a bone marrow bank at Caracas’s Hospital Domingo Luciani; we found no report that it opened. 13
| Region | South America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas 10 |
|---|---|
| Population | About 28.3 million (2023) 11 |
| Registry | None found as of 8 |
| World donor search | No organization based in Venezuela lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 12 |
| Transplants | NTN24 reported on Jun 2, 2019 that four children with leukemia had died at Caracas’s Hospital JM de Los Ríos while on a waiting list of 30 patients who needed a marrow transplant. 13 |
| Where we looked | 6 places, in English and Spanish |
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What we found in Venezuela
NTN24 reported in 2019 that Venezuela was studying a marrow bank in Caracas. 13
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
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| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, no organization based in Venezuela was on WMDA’s member map or in its organization database. 8 9 | |
| Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud (MPPS) | Spanish | On Oct 11, 2026, a search of the Venezuelan health ministry’s site for “médula ósea” found World Marrow Donor Day articles, including one from Sep 21, 2024, but no registry or sign-up information. 6 7 | |
| Organización Nacional de Trasplante de Venezuela (ONTV) | Spanish | On Oct 11, 2026, the site of Venezuela’s national transplant organization (ONTV), a nonprofit, described work on organ and tissue donation and offered no marrow donor sign-up. 1 | |
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Can people in Venezuela join a registry abroad?
Questions about Venezuela
Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in Venezuela?
NTN24 reported on Jun 2, 2019 that four children with leukemia had died at Caracas’s Hospital JM de Los Ríos while on a waiting list of 30 patients who needed a marrow transplant. 13
Can a hospital in Venezuela search abroad for a donor?
NTN24 reported on May 27, 2019 that children at Caracas’s Hospital JM de los Ríos who needed marrow transplants were waiting for a health program with Italy to restart; Venezuela’s foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, said it had run through CITGO and that its funds were held at Novo Banco in Portugal. 14
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Registries
- Organización Nacional de Trasplante de Venezuela (ONTV). Sobre nosotros.
- IDCBIS - DarCélulas. ¡Quiero preinscribirme!
- Ministerio de Salud (argentina.gob.ar). Inscribirse como donante de CPH.
- DKMS Chile. Regístrate como donante de células madre sanguíneas.
- IDCBIS - DarCélulas. Quiero preinscribirme (DarCélulas pre-registration form). Checked
Official bodies
- MPPS. Hoy se celebra el Día Mundial del Donante de Médula Ósea y Sangre de Cordón Umbilical. Updated Sep 21, 2024.
- Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud (MPPS). Search results: médula ósea.
Figures and lists
- World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
- WMDA (Share, organisation data public access). Database.
- 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).
- WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.
Other sources
- NTN24. Ministerio de Salud promete crear banco de médula ósea en Venezuela. Updated Jun 2, 2019.
- NTN24. Arreaza responsabiliza a EE.UU. por la muerte de niños en hospital de Caracas. Updated May 27, 2019. Checked