The work of KKJ and NAB was supported by the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (grant number R01AA029001). LR’s time on this manuscript was supported by the Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, and AML’s and RR’s work was funded by the Australian Research Council (LP190100698). AML’s salary was funded by veski (Victorian Health and Medical Research Workforce Project under auspices of the Victorian Government and the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes with funding provided by the Victorian Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions), and the National Health and Medical Research Council (#2016706). The collaborative initiative was funded by the International Health Policy Program, Thai Ministry of Health as part of an ongoing WHO–Thai Health Promotion Foundation collaboration for strengthening networks and technical capacity for alcohol policy development.