The National Marrow Donor Program specifically encourages cord blood donations from the following communities, where there is often a critical shortage of matching marrow donors: (alphamom.com)
The full and extensive list of FAQs for cord blood donation can be found here. (alphamom.com)
(A 2008 survey suggested that only 18 percent of physicians felt confident discussing the pros and cons of public and private cord blood donation.) (sciencenews.org)