Order for the International Merit of Blood is awarded by the International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations (IFBDO or FIODS) to personalities who made a special contribution to promote the regular, anonymous, voluntary, non-remunerated gift of blood in the world.

Proposals for award are sent to President who studies them and submits them to the Executive Council. According to IFBDO Rules of Procedure in force, except under exceptional circumstances, no more than four proposals per country can be submitted per meeting of the Executive Council.

+ List of recipients Luc Adolphe TIAO, Burkina Faso 2012 Antonio FOLINO, Italy 2012 Malika MAZZINE, Morocco 2012 Gherb KADDOUR, Algeria 2012 Aziz Mochhoury, Morocco 2012 Abdelmalek SAYEH, Tunisia 2012 Gabriel BRANCO de OLIM, Portugal 2012 Edmond BRAUN, Luxembourg 2012 René KONSBRUCK, Luxembourg 2012 Alfred BALZAN, Malta 2012 Pascuale COLAMARTINO, Italy 2012Jan Rudolf Jørgensen, Denmark2011 Adolfo CAMILLI, Italy 2011 NGUYEN CHI TUYEN, Vietnam 2011 Renzo GHIOTTI, San Marino 2011 Mamadou DJERMA, Burkina Faso 2011 René BONOU, Burkina Faso 2011 Zembédé Théodore SAWADOGO, Burkina Faso 2011 Professor Giuseppe Rossi, San Marino 2010 (posthumous) Professor Slama Hmida, Tunisia 2009 Leticia Ferreira, Brazil 2009 Phillip Chircop, Malta 2009 Giorgio Groppo, Italy 2008 Italo Accardi, Italy 2008 Gioseppe Enrietta, Italy 2008 Roy Schembri Wismayer, Malta 2008 David Zammit, Malta 2008 Andrea Tieghi, Italy 2008 Farid Belouafi, Morocco 2008 Hadj Khadir Kadsami, Morocco 2008 Abdeljalil Dahha, Morocco 2008 Aziz Mochhoury, Morocco 2008 José Antonio Martínez Allende, Spain 2008 Fernando Ganzo Hernández, Spain 2008 Marina Geli i Fàbrega, Spain 2008 Academia de Guardias y Suboficiales de la Guardia Civil, Spain 2008 Somâli Lamine Najeh, Tunisia 2008 Maria de Carmen Huescar Garbi, Spain 2007 Antonio Sepulveda Quintana, Spain 2007 ADONA (Association of Blood Donors of Navarra), Spain 2007 AUDOSAN (Association of Blood Donors of Alava), Spain 2007 Léon Yougbare, Burkina Faso 2007 Yakoub Jomni Salwa, Tunisia 2007 Gianfranco Callegari, Italy 2007 Domenico Comi, Italy 2007 Abdallah Kaabi, Tunisia 2006 Daniele Peramezza, Italy 2006 Vico Fresia, Italy 2006 José Coll, France 2004 Jean-Marie Durant, France 2004 Gérard Vanhove, France 2004 Edith Kromann Larsen, Denmark 2004 Professor Radhia Kastali, Tunisia 2004 Professor Aicha Hafsia, Tunisia 2004 Dra. Maria Helena Gonçalves, Portugal 2003 Professor Noufissa Benchemsi, Morocco 2003 Piero Merlo, Italy 2003 Benito Bissolo, Italy 2003 See also Blood Donation Badge of Honor

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