Table 2.

The defined criteria for study inclusion

Criteria	Definition
Time frame	2007 (piloting ACs) to July 2017 (end of the 9th IAS Conference on HIV in Paris)
Study setting	South Africa
Study design	Peer reviewed (qualitative, quantitative and mixed‐method) and non‐peer reviewed articles
Language	English
Exposure	ACs and community ACs
Study population	All HIV patients receiving ART who are members of ACs, regardless of age and gender
Grey Literature (non‐peer reviewed)	Unpublished papers that showed original data with a method and a result section

AC, adherence clubs; ART, antiretroviral therapy; IAS, International AIDS Society.