EF er med i en lang række aktioner, der er mere eller mindre relevante for sundheden - initiativer mod kræft, tobak, narkotika og AIDS, programmer til støtte for handicappede, ældre og arbejdstagernes sundhed samt en lang række forskningsprogrammer (af teknologisk art), hvori sundhed indgår.
ISSUE engaged in a wide range of actions more or less relevant to health initiatives against cancer, tobacco, drugs and AIDS; programmes to support disabled people, older people and the health of workers; and a wide range of (technology) research programmes in which health is a consideration.