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<title>Our World in Data - Antibiotics &amp; Antibiotic Resistance</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2025-03-24T04:00:00.000Z</updated>
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    <title>European countries use far less antibiotics in livestock than they used to</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/european-countries-use-far-less-antibiotics-in-livestock-than-they-used-to</id>
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    <published>2025-03-24T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/european-countries-use-far-less-antibiotics-in-livestock-than-they-used-to"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/939a44ec-6959-4410-42d0-97909b258600/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Nearly two-thirds of antibiotics were introduced during the “golden age of antibiotics”</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/nearly-two-thirds-of-antibiotics-were-introduced-during-the-golden-age-of-antibiotics</id>
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    <published>2025-02-05T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/nearly-two-thirds-of-antibiotics-were-introduced-during-the-golden-age-of-antibiotics"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/318da53f-7e70-4d79-9427-c5934230a500/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/antibiotics</id>
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    <published>2024-12-23T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author><author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Antibiotics revolutionized medicine, but their effectiveness is threatened by resistance. This page presents global data and research on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/antibiotics"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/0983df2b-3d7f-416f-71be-f4ad93a8a100/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>What was the Golden Age of Antibiotics, and how can we spark a new one?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/golden-age-antibiotics</id>
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    <published>2024-12-23T03:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Many antibiotics were developed during the “Golden Age of Antibiotics”. How did it happen, why has antibiotic development slowed down since then, and what can we do to reignite it?<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/golden-age-antibiotics"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/7b3bf2c1-8af6-4e65-2e92-d5e4d781d800/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>How do antibiotics work, and how does antibiotic resistance evolve?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/how-do-antibiotics-work</id>
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    <published>2024-12-23T02:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[To use antibiotics more effectively, it’s important to know how different antibiotics work and how antibiotic resistance can evolve and spread.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/how-do-antibiotics-work"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/eebf1100-356d-4d5a-de9a-458070451700/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Large amounts of antibiotics are used in livestock, but several countries have shown this doesn’t have to be the case</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/antibiotics-livestock</id>
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    <published>2024-12-09T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Overuse is a risk for antibiotic resistance, but there are ways to reduce it.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/antibiotics-livestock"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/f40ec941-5824-4d88-c91d-6012bd888e00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Public data on antibiotic use in livestock is incomplete, making it difficult to track how much is used and where</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/antibiotics-livestock-data</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/antibiotics-livestock-data"/>
    <published>2024-12-09T03:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Many countries refuse to share their data, which is a risk for antimicrobial resistance.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/antibiotics-livestock-data"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/f76ef941-7b32-4c9f-4fcf-c6a07067ff00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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