Criteria	Definition
Population	Adult HIV+ patients on ART in Africa
Interventions	Any intervention to improve adherence to ART
Comparisons	Standard of care or another intervention to improve adherence to ART
Outcomes	Any measurement of adherence to ART
Study Design	RCT with minimum 3 months of follow-up
Treatment definitions used for categorization of interventions in the network meta-analysis
Criteria	Definition
Standard of Care (SOC)	Usual standard of care
Enhanced SOC (eSOC)	Usual standard of care, plus intensified adherence counseling
Alarm	Participants received a pocket alarm device which they were to carry around at all times; this device was programmed to beep and flash twice a day to remind patients to take their medication
eSOC + alarm	Enhanced SOC plus the pocket alarm device as described above
eSOC + calendar	In addition to enhanced SOC, patients were given a treatment calendar containing educational messages about ART and adherence; patients were to record when they took their medication in the calendar
Daily SMS	Daily text message sent to the patient’s cell phone (their own or one provided by the study) – with or without ability for patient to respond to care provider
Weekly SMS	Weekly text message sent to the patient’s cell phone (their own or one provided by the study) – with or without ability for patient to respond to care provider
eSOC + weekly SMS	Weekly text message sent to the patient’s cell phone (their own or one provided by the study) in addition to enhanced SOC
eSOC + treatment supporter	Treatment supporter (chosen by individual or assigned by clinic) in addition to enhanced SOC
SOC + treatment supporter	Treatment supporter (chosen by individual or assigned by clinic) in addition to SOC