S3. Ep 1. The World Marrow Donor Association - Connecting the Right People

In this episode, I spoke with Martine Schuit van Reissen and Rhian Voskamp from the World Marrow Donor Association. We chatted about everything from the importance of education, the awareness around the need and use of cord blood in stem cell donation and reaching as many people as possible around the globe to help them understand the importance of stem cell donation. The World Marrow Donor Association works with many partners across the globe to build donor registries in every country around the world. Their work is ongoing and they are an incredible, small team of dedicated professionals, working with hundreds of wonderful volunteers to connect the right people with the right organisations to bring about the best resources to enable effective support to those in need around the world. Martine and Rhian also shared their own personal stories that drive them to help others and I hope you enjoy the listen. It was, as always, a huge privilege and humbling experience to speak with these amazing people. I am so grateful to be able to engage with my guests in this manner and hope it inspires those of you who listen to these conversations, to find out more about the stem cell register and maybe sign up in the hope of helping someone else in need. You can find more about the World Marrow Donor Association here: https://wmda.info/ Thank you for listening.