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Fabiana Justus Meets Anonymous Bone Marrow Donor After 18-Month Confidentiality Period

She emphasized that Brazil's public health system covered the collection and international transport.

Overview

  • Justus announced a video meeting with her donor after the registry’s secrecy window elapsed and both sides consented.
  • She described the call as intensely emotional and thanked the volunteer for acting purely out of generosity.
  • According to Justus, the donor is a young American man and father to a child the same age as her son.
  • She reiterated that SUS coordinated and financed the donor search, collection and cross‑border transport for her March 2024 transplant.
  • Justus said she will seek the donor’s permission before sharing his identity and noted he donated locally without traveling to Brazil.