Graph 13 – HIV Testing among adults – Source MHDS – 2015 -2016 229 Overall, 3.0% of Malawian youth age 15-24 are HIV positive. HIV prevalence is higher among young women (4.9%) than among young men (1.0%). HIV prevalence among youth increases with age. Among young women, HIV prevalence is lowest at age 15-17 (3.0%) and highest at age 23-24 (9.6%). HIV prevalence is lowest among both young women and young men in Northern region (2.4% and 0.3%, respectively) and highest in Southern region (6.3% and 1.6%, respectively). 96