Young people are at risk.

 Young people are people aged 15–24 years (as per the Global AIDS Response Progress Reporting System indicators). Source: Global AIDS response progress reporting, 2015. (accessed 25 September 2015). 

WHO identifies adolescence as the period in human growth and development that occurs after childhood and before adulthood, from ages 10 to 19 years. Source: Adolescent development: a critical transition. In WHO ( accessed 25 September 2015)

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