South African Bone Marrow Registry

Every year, hundreds of South Africans with blood diseases such as leukaemia reach the point where their only chance of survival is a bone marrow transplant. For about 30% of patients, a matched donor can be found in their own family; for the other 70%, their only hope is to find a matched unrelated donor identified by the South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR).

In 1991 the SABMR was established as a non-profit organisation that searches both locally and internationally for donors, thereby making collaboration with international registries and observing universal standards of practice essential. 

Its mission is to save lives and provide hope for all patients in need of bone marrow stem cell transplantation and future therapies, by creating awareness, expanding the Registry, embracing evolving technology and enhancing stakeholder relationships to the benefit of the community.