Open letter from the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) to condemn and take actions against the war in Ukraine and to ensure that health services can continue to provide care to patients in need of a transplant

Our community believes in collaboration, 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆. Since the invasion of Russia over Ukraine, we see these values being threatened and disregarded.

WMDA calls on all stakeholders to strongly 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, bombing, and killings resulting from this aggression and arbitrary arrests against protesters in Russia.

WMDA asks that all parties respect international humanitarian law by ensuring that civilians and civilian infrastructure, like schools, hospitals and water systems, are protected from armed violence. We ask for a swift delivery of humanitarian aid assistance to populations and to ensure access to care and medicinal products for patients needing complex transplant treatments, such as those with blood cancer.

𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 our colleagues, friends, families and patients impacted by this terrible humanitarian tragedy and are ready to support our members in this difficult time.

Update Ukrainian Bone  Marrow Registry

• 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, have to be canceled because we will not be able to ensure the delivery of donor cells to clinics. For many of our young and adult patients, this forced cancellation is tantamount to death.