Open letter from the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) to condemn the war in Ukraine and to ensure that health services can continue to provide care to all patients in need of a transplant.
Our community believes in collaboration, 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆. Following the invasion by the Russian Army of Ukraine, we see these values being threatened and disregarded.
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- Not possible to provide hematopoietic stem cells from volunteer donors for patients in need of a transplant
- The 8 bone marrow transplants from unrelated donors, which have been planned to be performed in March, are in the process of being moved to another country (Poland)
- The Ukrainian Bone Marrow Registr started with unrelated transplantation in 2020:
- 2020: 4 transplants
- 2021: 16 transplants
- 2022: 8 transplants (January/February)
- It will be great if you could provide financial support to the Ukrainian Registry to help them through the financial crisis.