Authority and Antibiotics

A Case Study of Public Health Policy, Institutions and Infrastructure in Contemporary Lesotho

Résumé

We will examine the way in which public health policy, institutions, and infrastructure have been influenced by Lesotho’s independen-ce, and have exhibited the social upshots of these changes. This is an apt topic to discuss due to the drastic restructuring procedu-res that occurred in the public health sector since October 4th, 1966, which has included the continued influence of foreign actors on Lesotho’s public health sector. This situation highli-ghts the complexity of independence, and the manner in which colonial influence can extend beyond occupation. We will investigate the policy, institutions, and infrastruc-ture of public health with a comparative analysis of programs before and after independence, as well as use public health as a proxy to study the deeper social change in Lesotho as they transitioned to self-rule.