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This edition of the World Malaria Report summarizes thecurrent status of malaria control worldwide. It reviews progresstowards internationally agreed goals and targets anddescribes trends in funding intervention coverage andmalaria cases and deaths. In 2013 there are 97 countries and territories with ongoingmalaria transmission and 6 countries in the prevention of reintroductionphase making a total of 103 countries and territoriesin which malaria is presently considered endemic. Globally an estimated 3.4 billion people are at risk of malaria. WHO estimatesthat 207 million cases of malaria occurred globally in 2012(uncertainty range 135?287 million) and 627 000 deaths (uncertaintyrange 473 000?789 000). Most cases (80%) and deaths (90%) occurred in Africa andmost deaths (77%) were in children under 5 years of age. The World Malaria Report presents a critical analysis and interpretationof data provided by national malaria control programmes(NMCPs) in endemic countries. Standard reporting forms weresent in April 2013 to the 97 countries with ongoing malariatransmission and to 5 of the countries that recently entered theprevention of reintroduction phase. Information was requestedon (i) populations at risk; (ii) vector species; (iii) number of cases admissions and deaths for each parasite species; (iv) completenessof outpatient reporting; (v) policy implementation; (vi)commodities distributed and interventions undertaken; (vii)results of household surveys; and (viii) malaria financing.Table 1.2 summarizes the percentage of countries respondingby month and by WHO region in 2012.Information from household surveys was used to complementdata submitted by NMCPs notably the demographic and healthsurveys (DHS) multiple indicator cluster surveys (MICS) andmalaria indicator surveys (MIS). These surveys provide informationon the percentage of the population that sleeps under amosquito net and the percentage of children with fever who aretreated and the medication they receive. Information on malariafinancing was obtained from the Organisation for EconomicCo-operation and Development (OECD) database on foreignaid flows and directly from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) and the US President?sMalaria Initiative (PMI).Data were analysed by WHO staff at headquarters and regionaloffices with extensive consultation with WHO country officesand NMCPs regarding the interpretation of country information.Assistance in data analysis and interpretation was also providedby the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) the Child HealthEpidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) the Institute of HealthMetrics and Evaluation (IHME) the Malaria Atlas Projectthe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) andthe Global Fund. The following chapters consider the policies and interventionsrecommended by WHO the implementation of interventions and the impact of these interventions on malaria cases anddeaths from a global and a regional perspective.Chapter 2 summarizes the WHO policy-setting process and thepolicies and strategies recommended by WHO to achieve theinternationally agreed goals for malaria control and elimination.It describes the goals and targets for malaria control and elimination and recommended indicators of progress.Chapter 3 reviews recent trends in international and domesticfinancing in relation to the resource requirements for meetingglobal malaria control targets. It examines the distribution ofmalaria funding by WHO region by gross national income (GNI)per capita and by malaria mortality rate of a country. It alsoreviews endemic countries? willingness to pay for malaria control.Chapter 4 reviews the commodity needs for malaria vectorcontrol. It considers the policies that national programmes haveadopted for vector control implementation and the progressmade towards universal access to ITNs and IRS. An update isprovided on the growing problem of insecticide resistance andthe appropriate monitoring and management of resistance.Chapter 5 reviews progress in implementation of chemoprevention particularly the intermittent preventive treatment ofmalaria in pregnancy and in infants and the introduction ofseasonal chemoprevention in older children. It also reports onthe current status of malaria vaccine development.Chapter 6 reviews the commodity needs for malaria diagnostictesting and treatment. It reports on the extent to which nationalprogrammes have adopted policies for universal diagnostictesting of suspected malaria cases and examines trends in theavailability of parasitological testing. It also reviews the adoptionof policies and implementation of programmes for improvingaccess to effective treatment for malaria. Finally this chapterreports on progress in the withdrawal of oral artemisinin-basedmonotherapies from the market the current status of drug efficacymonitoring recent trends in antimalarial drug resistanceand efforts to contain artemisinin resistance.Chapter 7 examines the extent to which data are available formonitoring progress towards international targets and how thishas changed since 2000.Chapter 8 reviews trends in reported malaria cases for 62 countriesthat have reported consistently between 2000 and 2012. For countries with low numbers of cases it summarizes theirprogress towards elimination. This chapter also presents an analysisof the estimated numbers of cases and deaths for countrieswith ongoing transmission between 2000 and 2012.Regional profiles are provided. These summarize the epidemiologyof malaria in each WHO region trends in malaria caseincidence and the links between malaria trends and malariaprogramme implementation. Country profiles are also provided for countries with ongoingmalaria transmission and those recently progressing to theprevention of reintroduction phase. These profiles are followedby Annexes which give data by country for the malaria-relatedindicators.

What is a magazine? For decades, women's magazines were regularly published, print-bound guidebooks aimed at neatly defined segments of the female audience. Crisp pages, a well-composed visual aesthetic, an intimate tone, and a distinctive editorial voice were among the hallmarks of women's glossies up through the turn of this century. Yet amidst an era of convergent media technologies, participatory culture, and new demands from advertisers, questions about the identity of women's magazines have been cast up for reflection. Remake, Remodel: Women's Magazines in the Digital Age offers a unique glimpse inside the industry and reveals how executives and content creators are remaking their roles, their audiences, and their products at this critical historic juncture. Through in-depth interviews with women's magazine producers, an examination of hundreds of trade press reports, and in-person observations at industry summits, Brooke Erin Duffy chronicles a fascinating shift in print culture and technology from the magazine as object to the magazine as brand. She draws on these findings to contribute to timely debates about media producers' labor conditions, workplace hierarchies, and creative processes in light of transformed technologies and media economies.

This paper engages two core ideas: first, that status mobility is facilitated through connectivity, or having a large number of ties to others, as suggested by theories of social capital and social networks; and second, that aggression is an expressive or irrational reaction to frustrations, humiliations, or social pathologies. In contrast, I argue that in certain contexts, both of these propositions are reversed: status is attained through selective bridging rather than high network connectivity, and aggression is instrumental for social climbing, particularly when it is directed toward high status, aggressive, or socially close targets. The argument is expected to hold only in contexts that are small (in terms of the number of participants), bounded (in terms of the ease and frequency with which they are entered and exited), and flat (in terms of formal hierarchy). Data from a longitudinal survey of adolescents combined with information from their high school yearbooks provide a unique opportunity to test these propositions, which are supported. High connectivity decreases the likelihood of attaining high status, while selective bridging increases it. Status is further enhanced by reputational, as opposed to physical, aggression, and decreased by victimization. Moreover, aggression toward aggressive, high status, or socially close peers provide additional status boosts. These effects hold regardless of the extent to which status is desired.

China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, unless specified) is the greatest contributor to the total catch of global marine fisheries. As such, data about the degrees of exploitation and developmental dynamics of its fisheries are essential to evaluate and guide future sustainable seafood production and policy implementation and adjustments. In this study, we summarized the national official statistic data on domestic marine fisheries (including both marine capture fisheries and mariculture) from the earliest available year, 1950, to the latest year, 2014, using on the China Fishery Statistical Yearbooks. We also conducted analyses to understand the historical and current statuses of Chinese marine fisheries and their developmental trends. Domestic marine capture fisheries are declining and will continue to decline because of the current degradation and loss of coastal habitats, mainly due to coastal development and pollution and the over-exploitation of coastal natural resources. In contrast, mariculture has demonstrated promise as an approach to increase seafood production. However, given the wide latitudinal range of domestic seas in China, global climate change may impact China’s marine natural resources. We highlight that effective management measures and long-term monitoring are essential for the sustainability of domestic marine capture fisheries. Moreover, environmentally-friendly practices in mariculture should be enhanced and species introduction carefully monitored to achieve sustainable development.