Table 1.
Overall transplant activity in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region that reported to EMBMT.
| Country* | Age of Program (yrs) | No. of procedures | All HSCT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCT | Allo- HSCT |
ASCT | Allo- HSCT |
||
| Egypt | 10 | 10 | 259 | 1078 | 1337 |
| Iran | 16 | 16 | 705 | 1686 | 2391 |
| Jordan | 4 | 4 | 101 | 251 | 352 |
| KSA | 21 | 22 | 572 | 2057 | 2629 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 2 | 147 | 12 | 159 |
| Morocco | 3 | NA | 38 | 0 | 38 |
| Oman | 3 | 12 | 7 | 131 | 138 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 6 | 26 | 231 | 257 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 19 | 317 | 315 | 632 |
| Total no. of transplants : | 2172 | 5761 | 7933 | ||
*
EMRO countries that do not have a transplant program, or which were not reported to the EMBMT to have performed ≥ 5 HSCT for ≥ 3 years were: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
Abbreviations: ASCT= autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; allo-HSCT = allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; KSA= Kingdom of Saudi Arabia