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NAKURU Cheap Jerseys , Kenya, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Kenyans will soon be aware of their blood donation suitability through an electronically generated short message, as a blood agency readies itself for a digital mechanism of monitoring its blood banks.


The Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services (KNBTS) will from November be operating on a digital system run on an eProgesa software which will provide a platform for storing the donors' details and their blood safety status.


"With the software, we will be able to know donors who can make any further blood donations and if they are unsafe," KNBTS deputy director Catherine Ngugi said in Nakuru on Wednesday during the closure of a two-week staff training on the use of the software.


"The software will automatically generate an electronic message that will inform the donor on her or his blood donation status and provide further advice for the need to seek medical care," Ngugi said.


Ngugi said the digital platform will provide them with relevant information necessary for identifying persons with rare blood groups and who can be contacted during the emergency needs for their particular type of blood.


Safe donors will also receive reminders generated by the software to make further blood donations during their due time span.


This Cheap NFL Football Jerseys Wholesale , according to Ngugi, will ensure they have a consistent supply of usable blood while they pursue other healthy Kenyans to donate more blood.


"Each year, we need 400,000 units of blood but we have not been able to meet that demand and our plan is to increase the number of donors so that we are able to supply enough blood at all times," she said.


With the digital system, the agency will be able to monitor and manage the available blood units in all its facilities across the country while ensuring distribution of the required blood types in respective hospitals.


The software Cheap NFL Football Jerseys From China , a product of the French-based Mak-System International Group, will be available without the internet connectivity, making it a relevant resource in the remote areas especially during mobile blood donation drives.


"Computers used by the KNBTS agents will be configured in such a way that the agents can access the system offline," said Serah Alabam, a senior program manager at the Global Communities Kenya, an organization training the KNBTS staff on the utilization of the software.


"Once they are back to the centers connected to the internet network used by KNBTS Cheap NFL Football Jerseys China , the information is automatically synchronized into the system."


The agency has already trained its staff on high intensive measures of handling blood in preparation for acquisition of global accreditation.

Toyota sold nearly 466,000 vehicles during the first half of the year, up 11.7 percent from a year earlier.SHI YANCHINA DAILY

Market share rises, but far short of the peak in 2008


The market share for Japanese carmakers in China has recovered slightly from the low point it hit two years ago in the wake of a diplomatic row.


According to statistics from automotive news portal auto.gasgoo, Japanese brands sold about 1.46 million cars in the first half, up 15.5 percent from the same period last year.


They had a combined market share of 16.5 percent in the first half Cheap Custom NFL Football Jerseys , a slight increase from the 16.4 percent in the past two years.


In June alone, Japanese carmakers sold more than 270,000 cars in China, about 17.3 percent of the total passenger vehicle sales that month.


Despite some ups and downs over the past six months, by June their market share had increased nearly 4 percentage points over January.


Nissan, Toyota Cheap NFL Football Jerseys , Honda, Suzuki and Mazda all reported a year-on-year increase of more than 10 percent in the first six months.


Nissan, currently the best-selling Japanese brand in China, moved about 620,000 vehicles in the first half, an increase of 14.6 percent over the same period last year.


Toyota sold nearly 466 Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Wholesale ,000 vehicles in the period, up 11.7 percent from a year earlier.


First half sales by Honda rose 11.6 percent to some 353,000 units.


In the same period, Suzuki's sales grew by 11.5 percent to nearly 140,000 units and Mazda sales surged by 19.8 percent to 98,900 units.


New approach


Analysts said a new product offensive helped Japanese brands reverse the downward trend.


Honda introduced a brand-new model tailored for the Chinese market－the Crider－last year and brought the new Fit and Crosstour this year. Toyota launched the new-generation Corolla recently as well as its sporty Levin model.


Auto industry analyst Zhang Zhiyong said that Japanese carmakers are learning from competitors Volkswagen and Hyundai to accelerate introduction of new products.


Volkswagen and Hyundai both developed a number of new variants based on the same model Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys From China , a strategy that proved to be very successful in China because local customers are keen on new products, Zhang said.


Yet Japanese carmakers are unlikely to return to their former status as the market leaders in China that they held before 2012, analysts said.


Japanese carmakers jointly held a market share of 19.4 percent in 2011. At their peak in 2008, they had more than 30 percent.


Amid fierce competition, Japanese brands have lost the advantage in important segments like mid-sized sedans and SUVs where they used to lead, said Zhu Bin Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys China , a senior market analyst of LMC Automotive