# Centre National de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Tunis

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## TL;DR

Tunisia's national bone marrow transplant centre in Tunis, with services for adults and children. In 2023 transplants stopped for weeks because medicines ran out, and in 2026 the health minister set out a plan to do more transplants and cut waiting times.

## Summary

In March 2018 the head of the centre's paediatric service of immuno-haematology and stem cell transplantation announced that a bone marrow transplant in a child would be carried out there in April, the first of its kind in Tunisia (African Manager). In September 2023 Business News reported that bone marrow transplants had been suspended for more than three weeks because the medicines needed were out of stock, and the president of the Tunisian association of bone marrow transplant recipients said the centre had suspended all procedures for lack of medicines and equipment. On 20 February 2026 the Minister of Health met the heads of its paediatric, adult, pharmacy and laboratory services; the ministry decided on a roadmap for allogeneic transplantation (more procedures, more eligible patients, shorter waits), new transplant rooms, a study of a change in the centre's legal status for more flexible management and purchasing, and a gradual extension of autologous transplantation to other capable services, with the aim of reducing treatment abroad (Tunisie Numérique). The website did not answer.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: CNGMO; National Bone Marrow Transplant Centre, Tunisia; Centre national de greffe de la moelle osseuse
- City: Tunis, TN
- Type: hospital

## Sources

- Tunisie Numérique: plan to strengthen bone marrow transplantation (20 February 2026): https://www.tunisienumerique.com/sante-un-plan-pour-renforcer-la-greffe-de-moelle-osseuse-et-limiter-les-soins-a-letranger/
- Business News: transplants suspended for lack of medicines (13 September 2023): https://businessnews.com.tn/2023/09/13/article-1200446/1200446/
- African Manager: first bone marrow transplant in a child announced (15 March 2018): https://africanmanager.com/tunisie-une-greffe-de-la-moelle-osseuse-sur-un-enfant-une-1e-en-afrique/

## Connected records

- cancers: [Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia](https://onco.cc/cancers/all-leukemia/), [Acute myeloid leukaemia](https://onco.cc/cancers/aml/)
- institutions: [Institut Salah Azaïez](https://onco.cc/institutions/institut-salah-azaiez/)

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