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<p>Since 2012, the Department has provided nearly £19 million to improve the provision
of stem cells in the United Kingdom for all people. This funding has enabled the recruitment
of over 75,000 young male donors who are more likely to be able to donate bone marrow
and we continue to expand the pool of young male donors.</p><br /><p>The stem cell
improvement programme has directly addressed the difficulty faced by patients from
the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community and those with mixed ethnicity
through targeted recruitment. The Department also continues to support the work of
the National BAME Transplant Alliance. The programme has also funded the collection
of umbilical cord blood samples, which has a specific target to achieve 40% of samples
come from BAME and mixed ethnicity births.</p><br />
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