During the 2018 IFBDO Assembly, that took place in Rome, at the Ergife Hotel, on Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, April 29th, Gian Franco Massaro was reconfirmed as IFBDO President for the next mandate, a task he has been carrying out since 2011.
Such news places a high value on the whole Italian blood system and reiterates the international leading position of our country in efficiency, security and quality service.
Together with a lot of International representatives of 50 countries, also Giancarlo Maria Liumbruno (director of the National blood center, with whom president Massaro reached a collaboration agreement between IFBDO and CNS), Giuliano Grazzini (National Blood Center) and Alberto Argentoni (President of National Avis) attended the Roman conference.
Donors still have a lot of international challenges to face and the date of the next meeting will be June 15th, when an international conference on plasma takes place in Rome at the National Institute of Health (Pocchiari room).