MAVIN Foundation has created this website, BMT Basics: Resources for Mixed Heritage Families, to help meet the needs of Washington families whose children, up to age 21, need to undergo a blood or marrow transplant, or BMT. The website is part of MAVIN's  ongoing committment  to ending health inequalities by helping to increase the genetic diversity of the unrelated donor pool so that mixed heritage and other minority patients will be better able find a BMT match when needed.

Families who have received the news that their child is suffering from a life-threatening illness may be overwhelmed to learn that a blood cell or marrow transplant is recommended for him or her. Not only do parents need a crash course on what will be involved from a medical perspective, but they face an intense family crisis as well. While families of course want a cure, they also need all the help they can get as they embark with their child on a journey through one of the most complex and costly of medical procedures.

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