Dr M. Dolors Navarro, head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and director of the UIC Barcelona Albert J. Jovell Institute for Public Health and Patients contributed to the book España 2015. Situación social published by the Centre for Sociological Research (Spanish acronym CIS) which was launched at the Zurbano Palace in Madrid on 24 November 2016. Dr Navarro’s contribution was a chapter entitled Equilibrio entre salud y sanidad (The balance between health and healthcare). The book makes an exhaustive analysis of the structure and social situation of Spain. The work features contributions from 160 professors and researchers representing different generations and provides an authentic snapshot of the country’s social reality.