Table 2.

Recommendations to improve understanding of the adolescent HIV epidemic

Recommendation	Action level	Priority level
Disaggregation of routine monitoring, surveillance and research data by younger (age 10–14 years) and older (age 15–19 years) adolescents	National reporting Research Cohorts	High
Disaggregation of routine monitoring, surveillance and research data by mode of HIV transmission in older adolescents (age 15–19 years) and young adults (age 20–24 years)	Sentinel sites within routine monitoring systems Research cohorts	Medium
Expansion of case‐based national HIV surveillance particularly in high HIV burden countries	National Ministries of Health supported by non‐governmental partners	Medium
Streamlining consent and assent processes for inclusion of children and adolescents in research and population‐based surveys	Research ethics boards Regulatory bodies	High
Consensus on definitions related to adolescent transition to adulthood and adolescent healthcare transition, and integration of their measurement into routine national and global HIV programme reporting systems	Researchers National Ministries of Health Global reporting agencies Policy makers	Medium