India, March 9 -- In keeping with the theme of International Women's Day, "Accelerate Action," DKMS Foundation India encourages empowering women to take leadership roles in creating awareness about stem cell donation and registering as potential stem cell donors.



The Foundation also celebrates three remarkable young women who dared to choose an untrodden path and, in doing so, gave patients battling life-threatening blood cancer and blood disorders a second chance at life! Three families experienced profound relief thanks to their compassionate stem cell donations.



Only 0.09% of the Indian population of the relevant age group is registered as blood stem cell donors.[1] Only a few Indian female donors come forward to register as p...