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14/06/2022 - General information

Epidemiología cercana, the new book by Dr. Miquel Porta

It is published by Triacastela Publishing House. In it, Dr. Porta explains, in an easy and entertaining way, current epidemiological and public health issues, such as the management by governments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Epidemiology and epidemiologists have been in vogue over the last two years, when SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 have made all the headlines. A medical and scientific discipline that studies and acts on populations and groups of people under real conditions, which is carried out outside laboratories. In Epidemiología cercana, Dr. Miquel Porta, researcher at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and adjunct professor at the universities of North Carolina and New York in the United States, explains current issues related to epidemiology and public health and, through them, analyzes cultural, ethical and political issues of our time.

El Dr. Miquel Porta

The book, published by Triacastela Publishing House, is on pre-sale until June 15 and on sale as of this day.

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