Structural determinants of adolescent girls' vulnerability to HIV: Views from community members in Botswana, Malawi, and Mozambique

► Provides new insights into community members' perceptions of girls' vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. ► Finds that community members highlight structural interventions as key to an effective response to the epidemic. ► Reveals that respondents identified poverty and lax law enforcement as main determinants of girls' vulnerability to HIV. ► Points to the lack of positive adult-child relationships as a key intermediate factor in girls' vulnerability to HIV.