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Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a huge threat" to humanity and urged experts to draw up a comprehensive roadmap to combat the growing challenge. Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone for the BSL-4 Biocontainment Facility of the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, Shah said AMR is a silent disaster, and underlined the need for medicine literacy, research, and awareness among people. The drug resistance renders antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines ineffective, and infections become difficult or impossible to treat, increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness, disability, and death. He said that, though India, to an extent, (lagged) behind in this area for many years, this new facility will provide a new opportunity to young minds working in this field, and India will eventually move forward in this sector."