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 Blood
Type	Single-grade civil decoration
Presented by	International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations
Status	Currently awarded
First awarded	2003
Last awarded	2012
Total	57
Total awarded posthumously	1
Precedence
Next (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.^[1]

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		2012
Jan Rudolf Jørgensen, Denmark		2011
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