This presentation was given at the 2nd global symposium on health systems research, in a panel on realist synthesis chaired by Geoff Wong. The symposium took place in Beijing (China) in November 2012.
17. Emilie Robert is a Ph.D. student in public health at Montreal University and is a fellow
of the Global Health Research Strengthening Program, funded by the Canadian
Institutes of Health Research and the Population Health Research Network of Quebec.
Contact: emilie.robert.3@umontreal.ca
Valéry Ridde is a associate professor at Montreal University and a researcher at the
Research Center of Montreal University Hospital Center (CRCHUM).
Acknowledgments to the research team:
• Abel Bicaba, RESAO
• Pierre Fournier, CRCHUM
• Guy Kegels, ITM Antwerp
• Bruno Marchal, ITM Antwerp