order for the international merit of blood order for the international merit of blood 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. order for the international merit of bloodtypesingle-grade civil decorationpresented byinternational federation of blood donor organizationsstatuscurrently awardedfirst awarded2003last awarded2012total57total awarded posthumously1precedencenext (higher)none 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 faso2012 antonio folino, italy2012 malika mazzine, morocco2012 gherb kaddour, algeria2012 aziz mochhoury, morocco2012 abdelmalek sayeh, tunisia2012 gabriel branco de olim, portugal2012 edmond braun, luxembourg2012 rené konsbruck, luxembourg2012 alfred balzan, malta2012 pascuale colamartino, italy2012 jan rudolf jørgensen, denmark 2011 adolfo camilli, italy2011 nguyen chi tuyen, vietnam2011 renzo ghiotti, san marino2011 mamadou djerma, burkina faso2011 rené bonou, burkina faso2011 zembédé théodore sawadogo, burkina faso2011 professor giuseppe rossi, san marino2010 (posthumous) professor slama hmida, tunisia2009 leticia ferreira, brazil2009 phillip chircop, malta2009 giorgio groppo, italy2008 italo accardi, italy2008 gioseppe enrietta, italy2008 roy schembri wismayer, malta2008 david zammit, malta2008 andrea tieghi, italy2008 farid belouafi, morocco2008 hadj khadir kadsami, morocco2008 abdeljalil dahha, morocco2008 aziz mochhoury, morocco2008 josé antonio martínez allende, spain2008 fernando ganzo hernández, spain2008 marina geli i fàbrega, spain2008 academia de guardias y suboficiales de la guardia civil, spain2008 somâli lamine najeh, tunisia2008 maria de carmen huescar garbi, spain2007 antonio sepulveda quintana, spain2007 adona (association of blood donors of navarra), spain2007 audosan (association of blood donors of alava), spain2007 léon yougbare, burkina faso2007 yakoub jomni salwa, tunisia2007 gianfranco callegari, italy2007 domenico comi, italy2007 abdallah kaabi, tunisia2006 daniele peramezza, italy2006 vico fresia, italy2006 josé coll, france2004 jean-marie durant, france2004 gérard vanhove, france2004 edith kromann larsen, denmark2004 professor radhia kastali, tunisia2004 professor aicha hafsia, tunisia2004 dra. maria helena gonçalves, portugal2003 professor noufissa benchemsi, morocco2003 piero merlo, italy2003 benito bissolo, italy2003