Rosa Carolina Sandoval
Biographic Data
| ID | 7502983 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rosa Carolina Sandoval |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rosa Carolina |
| FAMILY NAME | Sandoval |
| SIGNATURE | SANDOVAL R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The role of regulatory policies on unhealthy commodities to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases in the Americas
The growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) cannot be addressed through clinical interventions alone. Population-level regulatory interventions—such as fiscal measures, marketing restrictions, and labeling regulations—are central to effective NCD prevention and control. This article addresses the role of regulatory policies in preventing NCDs, with a focus on progress and implementation gaps in the Americas. In the context of NCDs, unhe…
Strengthening tobacco cessation across the primary health sector in the Americas: Progress, gaps, and opportunities since 2007
Objective. Tobacco use is a major modifiable risk factor for the four main noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) globally—cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory conditions, cancer, and diabetes. Addressing tobacco use through cessation interventions is therefore a cornerstone of comprehensive NCD prevention and control efforts. In this context, strengthening cessation support within primary health care has emerged as a high-impact and cost-effect…
Comparación de impuestos como porcentaje del precio de las bebidas azucaradas en América Latina y el Caribe
Objetivo. Los impuestos selectivos al consumo pueden utilizarse para reducir el consumo de bebidas azucaradas, un importante factor de riesgo prevenible de las enfermedades no transmisibles. El objetivo de este estudio es comparar nuevos indicadores estandarizados del nivel de impuestos aplicados a las bebidas azucaradas como porcentaje del precio en las distintas categorías de bebidas en América Latina y el Caribe. Método. Utilizamos un método d…
Noncommunicable diseases in the Americas: A review of the Pan American Health Organization’s 25-year program of work
This article describes progress in tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the Americas since the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) started its NCD program 25 years ago. Changes in the epidemiology of NCDs, NCD policies, health service capacity, and surveillance are discussed. PAHO’s NCD program is guided by regional plans of action on specific NCDs and risk factors, as well as a comprehensive NCD plan. Its work involves implementing ev…
Taxation of novel and emerging nicotine and tobacco products (HTPs, ENDS, and ENNDS) globally and in Latin America
This article provides a snapshot of the market structure and regulatory approaches around novel and emerging tobacco and nicotine products, both globally and in Latin America, with a focus on excise taxation. Using data from leading market research companies, the WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2021, and country laws and decrees, the article analyses the evolution and market structure of heated tobacco products (HTPs), electronic nicoti…
The case for investment in tobacco control: Lessons from four countries in the Americas
Objective. To synthesize learnings from four national tobacco control investment cases conducted in the Americas (Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Suriname) under the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) 2030 project, to describe results and how national health authorities have used the cases, and to discuss implications for the role of investment cases in advancing tobacco control. Methods. We draw on fi…
Advances in Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas, 2020
This report describes the current status of the tobacco control measures contained in the Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022 (Pan American Health Organization) and the advances made in its application, identifying achievements from 2016 to 2020 and challenges that still need to be addressed in order to reach the expected goals. This analysis relied on data from the World Health Organi…
Manejo de conflictos de interés en control del tabaco: Situación en las Américas
El presente informe especial describe tanto la metodología para el cálculo del indicador sobre adopción de mecanismos eficaces para evitar la interferencia de la industria tabacalera o de aquellos que defienden sus intereses, establecido en la “Estrategia y plan de acción para fortalecer el control del tabaco en la Región de las Américas 2018-2022”, así como del estado de adopción de estos mecanismos en los países de la Región para el año 2019, y…
Moving forward in the Americas: Tobacco control fosters sustainable development
Seguir avanzando en las Américas: El control del tabaco fomenta el desarrollo sostenible
Towards a smoke-free world? South America became the first 100% smoke-free subregion in the Americas
Almost 20 years after the launching by the Pan American Health Organization of its “Smoke-Free Americas” initiative in 2001, in December 2020, South America became the first subregion in the Americas to accomplish 100% smoke-free environments in line with Article 8 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Some of these countries adopted legal measures that are more robust than others, including in their law…
Lessons learned from fostering tobacco taxes in the Americas and implications for other health taxes
During the past decade progress has been made from a public health perspective in advancing tobacco taxation policies in the World Health Organization’s Region of the Americas, and there are important lessons to be learned from this experience. This report aims to systematize and distill the key lessons learned, both by documenting progress and paving the way toward a comprehensive approach to taxing other health-harming products, particularly th…
Excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in Latin America and the Caribbean
Objective. To characterize the design of excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Latin America and the Caribbean and assess opportunities to increase their impact on SSB consumption and health. Methods. A comprehensive search and review of the legislation in effect as of March 2019, collected through existing Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization monitoring tools, secondary sources, and surveying ministries of…
Avances en el control del tabaco en la Región de las Américas 2020
Se describe el estado actual y los avances en la aplicación de las medidas de control del tabaco contenidas en la Estrategia y Plan de Acción para Fortalecer el Control del Tabaco en la Región de las Américas 2018-2022 y se identifican los logros alcanzados entre los años 2016 y 2020 y los retos que aún se deben enfrentar para cumplir las metas previstas. Para ello se utilizaron los datos del Informe de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) s…
Impuestos selectivos al consumo de bebidas azucaradas en América Latina y el Caribe
Objetivo. Caracterizar el diseño de los impuestos selectivos al consumo de bebidas azucaradas en América Latina y el Caribe, y evaluar las oportunidades de aumentar su impacto en el consumo y la salud. Métodos. Se llevó a cabo una búsqueda y una evaluación exhaustivas de legislaciones vigentes a marzo del 2019, recopiladas mediante las herramientas de seguimiento ya existentes de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud y de la Organización Mundi…
Generating revenue by raising tobacco taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean
These findings confirm that the expected benefits of raising tobacco taxes are robust across the LAC region. Countries in the region should have confidence that raising tobacco tax rates will generate extra tax revenues
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Generating revenue by raising tobacco taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean
These findings confirm that the expected benefits of raising tobacco taxes are robust across the LAC region. Countries in the region should have confidence that raising tobacco tax rates will generate extra tax revenues
Excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in Latin America and the Caribbean
Objective. To characterize the design of excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Latin America and the Caribbean and assess opportunities to increase their impact on SSB consumption and health. Methods. A comprehensive search and review of the legislation in effect as of March 2019, collected through existing Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization monitoring tools, secondary sources, and surveying ministries of…
Avances en el control del tabaco en la Región de las Américas 2020
Se describe el estado actual y los avances en la aplicación de las medidas de control del tabaco contenidas en la Estrategia y Plan de Acción para Fortalecer el Control del Tabaco en la Región de las Américas 2018-2022 y se identifican los logros alcanzados entre los años 2016 y 2020 y los retos que aún se deben enfrentar para cumplir las metas previstas. Para ello se utilizaron los datos del Informe de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) s…
Impuestos selectivos al consumo de bebidas azucaradas en América Latina y el Caribe
Objetivo. Caracterizar el diseño de los impuestos selectivos al consumo de bebidas azucaradas en América Latina y el Caribe, y evaluar las oportunidades de aumentar su impacto en el consumo y la salud. Métodos. Se llevó a cabo una búsqueda y una evaluación exhaustivas de legislaciones vigentes a marzo del 2019, recopiladas mediante las herramientas de seguimiento ya existentes de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud y de la Organización Mundi…
Taxation of novel and emerging nicotine and tobacco products (HTPs, ENDS, and ENNDS) globally and in Latin America
This article provides a snapshot of the market structure and regulatory approaches around novel and emerging tobacco and nicotine products, both globally and in Latin America, with a focus on excise taxation. Using data from leading market research companies, the WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2021, and country laws and decrees, the article analyses the evolution and market structure of heated tobacco products (HTPs), electronic nicoti…
The case for investment in tobacco control: Lessons from four countries in the Americas
Objective. To synthesize learnings from four national tobacco control investment cases conducted in the Americas (Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Suriname) under the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) 2030 project, to describe results and how national health authorities have used the cases, and to discuss implications for the role of investment cases in advancing tobacco control. Methods. We draw on fi…
Advances in Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas, 2020
This report describes the current status of the tobacco control measures contained in the Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022 (Pan American Health Organization) and the advances made in its application, identifying achievements from 2016 to 2020 and challenges that still need to be addressed in order to reach the expected goals. This analysis relied on data from the World Health Organi…
Manejo de conflictos de interés en control del tabaco: Situación en las Américas
El presente informe especial describe tanto la metodología para el cálculo del indicador sobre adopción de mecanismos eficaces para evitar la interferencia de la industria tabacalera o de aquellos que defienden sus intereses, establecido en la “Estrategia y plan de acción para fortalecer el control del tabaco en la Región de las Américas 2018-2022”, así como del estado de adopción de estos mecanismos en los países de la Región para el año 2019, y…
Moving forward in the Americas: Tobacco control fosters sustainable development
Seguir avanzando en las Américas: El control del tabaco fomenta el desarrollo sostenible
Towards a smoke-free world? South America became the first 100% smoke-free subregion in the Americas
Almost 20 years after the launching by the Pan American Health Organization of its “Smoke-Free Americas” initiative in 2001, in December 2020, South America became the first subregion in the Americas to accomplish 100% smoke-free environments in line with Article 8 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Some of these countries adopted legal measures that are more robust than others, including in their law…
Lessons learned from fostering tobacco taxes in the Americas and implications for other health taxes
During the past decade progress has been made from a public health perspective in advancing tobacco taxation policies in the World Health Organization’s Region of the Americas, and there are important lessons to be learned from this experience. This report aims to systematize and distill the key lessons learned, both by documenting progress and paving the way toward a comprehensive approach to taxing other health-harming products, particularly th…
Noncommunicable diseases in the Americas: A review of the Pan American Health Organization’s 25-year program of work
This article describes progress in tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the Americas since the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) started its NCD program 25 years ago. Changes in the epidemiology of NCDs, NCD policies, health service capacity, and surveillance are discussed. PAHO’s NCD program is guided by regional plans of action on specific NCDs and risk factors, as well as a comprehensive NCD plan. Its work involves implementing ev…
Comparación de impuestos como porcentaje del precio de las bebidas azucaradas en América Latina y el Caribe
Objetivo. Los impuestos selectivos al consumo pueden utilizarse para reducir el consumo de bebidas azucaradas, un importante factor de riesgo prevenible de las enfermedades no transmisibles. El objetivo de este estudio es comparar nuevos indicadores estandarizados del nivel de impuestos aplicados a las bebidas azucaradas como porcentaje del precio en las distintas categorías de bebidas en América Latina y el Caribe. Método. Utilizamos un método d…
The role of regulatory policies on unhealthy commodities to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases in the Americas
The growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) cannot be addressed through clinical interventions alone. Population-level regulatory interventions—such as fiscal measures, marketing restrictions, and labeling regulations—are central to effective NCD prevention and control. This article addresses the role of regulatory policies in preventing NCDs, with a focus on progress and implementation gaps in the Americas. In the context of NCDs, unhe…
Strengthening tobacco cessation across the primary health sector in the Americas: Progress, gaps, and opportunities since 2007
Objective. Tobacco use is a major modifiable risk factor for the four main noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) globally—cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory conditions, cancer, and diabetes. Addressing tobacco use through cessation interventions is therefore a cornerstone of comprehensive NCD prevention and control efforts. In this context, strengthening cessation support within primary health care has emerged as a high-impact and cost-effect…
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (13 works) · Political science (12 works) · Business (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (8 works) · Public health (7 works) · Tobacco control (7 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (4 works)