Antibiotics revolutionized medicine, but their effectiveness is threatened by resistance. This new page presents global data and research on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/antibiotics" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/0983df2b-3d7f-416f-71be-f4ad93a8a100/w=1350"/></a>

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" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/7b3bf2c1-8af6-4e65-2e92-d5e4d781d800/w=1350"/></a>

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" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/eebf1100-356d-4d5a-de9a-458070451700/w=1350"/></a>

The pandemic has resulted in over twenty million deaths. In this article, we review the key insights from global data on COVID-19.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/key-charts-understand-covid-pandemic" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/fb81bdaf-70c8-4a8a-7140-05c61ebe7d00/w=1350"/></a>

Our small team made COVID-19 data clear, reliable, and accessible to a global audience. This is how it happened.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/owid-covid-history" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/d22609d0-d3ac-445e-6b38-f6016d38a400/w=1350"/></a>

HPV vaccines offer a rare opportunity to effectively eliminate one type of cancer. By taking this opportunity, it’s possible to save hundreds of thousands of women each year.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/hpv-vaccination-world-can-eliminate-cervical-cancer" target="_blank"><img src="https://imagedelivery.net/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/8143c2e1-db2b-4f87-63e3-8ceab16bb700/w=1350"/></a>

Cancer is one of the biggest health challenges worldwide. Around 15% of all deaths are caused by cancer, making it one of the most common causes of death globally.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/cancer" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/cancer-thumbnail.png"/></a>

Scientists have developed effective and safer antipsychotic medications, but much improvement is still needed.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/antipsychotic-medications-timeline" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/antipsychotics-timeline-thumbnail.png"/></a>

To better monitor and prevent suicides globally, it's crucial to understand how they are measured and estimated by different sources.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/how-do-global-statistics-on-suicide-differ-between-sources" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/global-statistics-on-suicide-2.png"/></a>

The world has seen a large decline in trachoma, but millions are still at risk. How can we make more progress against it?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/trachoma-how-a-common-cause-of-blindness-can-be-prevented-worldwide" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/trachoma-thumbnail-1.png"/></a>

Neglected tropical diseases affect millions of people despite the existence of cheap interventions to control them.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/neglected-tropical-diseases" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/Neglected-tropical-diseases-thumbnail.png"/></a>