Introduction
PWH
Alcohol use is a key driver of the HIV pandemic, fuelling reduced medication adherence, sexual risk behavior, and long-term health outcomes [Recently, there has been substantial interest in interventions that can leverage remote delivery of interventions via cell phones to improve the health of PWH [Three studies have reported on the cost-effectiveness of alcohol interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). These include a study of two interventions to reduce alcohol use (a combined intervention of cognitive behavioral therapy with motivational enhancement therapy and a brief counselling-based intervention, similar to the one described below) delivered to persons with HIV in Vietnam [Because of the deleterious role that alcohol use plays on the HIV epidemic in low-resource settings, we undertook a study to examine a brief counselling intervention found to be efficacious for reducing alcohol use [