43. In General Comment No. 3, the Committee confirms that States parties have a core obligation to ensure the satisfaction of, at the very least, minimum essential levels of each of the rights enunciated in the Covenant, including essential primary health care. . . . Accordingly, in the Committee’s view, these core obligations [of Article 12 of the ESC Covenant] include at least the following obligations:

1. (a)

   (a) To ensure the right of access to health facilities, goods and services on a non-discriminatory basis, especially for vulnerable or marginalized groups;

2. (b)

   (b) To ensure access to the minimum essential food which is nutritionally adequate and safe, to ensure freedom from hunger to everyone;

3. (c)

   (c) To ensure access to basic shelter, housing and sanitation, and an adequate supply of safe and pothole water;

4. (d)

   (d) To provide essential drugs, as from time to time defined under the WHO Action Programme on Essential Drugs;

5. (e)

   (e) To ensure equitable distribution of all health facilities, goods and services;

6. (f)

   (f) To adopt and implement a national public health strategy and plan of action, on the basis of epidemiological evidence, addressing the health concerns of the whole population; the strategy and plan of action shall be devised, and periodically reviewed, on the basis of a participatory and transparent process; they shall include methods, such as right to health indicators and benchmarks, by which progress can be closely monitored; the process by which the strategy and plan of action are devised, as well as their content, shall give particular attention to all vulnerable or marginalized groups.