Béatrice Durvy

Béatrice is part of the Observatory team at the Berlin Hub, based at the Berlin University of Technology, since January 2023. She actively works on various Observatory projects, including the OBS-PACE project on cancer research, care, and policies across the EU, country monitoring activities for France, Norway, and Slovenia, and pharmacy-related topics.

Béatrice holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Paris-Saclay (France) and an MSc in International Health Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK). Before joining the Observatory, she completed a traineeship in International Affairs at the European Medicines Agency, focusing on international coordination and regulatory reliance mechanisms.

Latest publications:

• Myers C, Durvy B, Ghattas J, Scarpetti G, Merkur S, Tille F. Reducing inequalities in cancer care: a health system approach to implementing change. Copenhagen: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
• Durvy B, Schöner L, Reyes Ojopi T, Achstetter K, Busse R, Carr K, Listl S, Németh O, Skandrani A, Tubert-Jeannin S, Vernazza C, Winkelmann J, Waitzberg R (2025). Conceptualising Essential Oral Health Benefits Baskets: A Thematic Analysis of Public and Expert Perspectives. Health Expectations. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70501
• Mauer N, Durvy B, Panteli D. How can health care facilities reduce their environmental footprint and contribute to more sustainable health systems? Copenhagen: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
• Eriksen A, De Bock F, Alayli A, Boode K, Durvy B, Gaspar T, Kosola S, Saxena S, van Ginneken E. Improving reach and access to health promotion and preventive services for vulnerable children and adolescents: experiences from five European countries. Copenhagen: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
• Rausch K, Goetzinger C, Lorcy AC, Durvy B, Winkelmann J, Falkenbach M. Luxembourg: Health system review. Health Systems in Transition. Copenhagen: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
• Rausch K, Goetzinger C, Lorcy AC, Durvy B, Winkelmann J, Falkenbach M. Luxembourg: Health System Summary, 2024. Copenhagen: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
• Saunes IS, Durvy B, Litvinova Y. Norway: Health System Summary, 2024. Copenhagen: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2024. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
• Boes S, Weisstanner D, Durvy B (2025). Health Systems in Action (HSiA) Insights – Switzerland, 2024. Copenhagen: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Regional Office for Europe. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
• Rechel B, Durvy B, et al. (2024). Primary prevention in hospitals in 20 high-income countries in Europe – A case of not “Making Every Contact Count”? Health Policy Volume 151, January 2025, 105199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105199
• Durvy B, Petrič V, Vujkovac A, Ostermann H, Zillmann N, Rohrauer G, Rojatz D, Soyer L, Plunger P, Moser M, Kahr-Gottlieb D, Figueiredo Augusto G, Marsico G, Rajan D (2025). How Europe can leverage the opportunity of the World Health Assembly 2024 resolution on social participation: a response to Boivin et al. (2024). BMJ. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q1460
• Mauer N, Durvy B, Panteli D. EU resources for investing in and strengthening health systems Tailored options for Austria, Belgium and Slovenia. Copenhagen: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2024.