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Giving Digest | Pearl Bank and Partners Back Uganda’s First Bone Marrow Transplant Centre

By Paul Murungi | February 24, 2026

Pearl Bank and the Joint Clinical Research Centre have entered a four-year partnership to support a specialised Bone Marrow Transplant Centre at JCRC in Lubowa, with Pearl Bank contributing UGX 200 million toward the fundraising drive. The wider campaign aims to close a major gap in Uganda’s specialised healthcare system by expanding local access to treatment for sickle cell disease, blood cancers, and other complex disorders, while also strengthening the country’s medical research capacity. It is a giving story rooted in health equity, where philanthropy meets infrastructure, science, and survival.

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