BUCHAREST- Georgia could be on the verge of a health crisis if recent legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community is not rolled back, activists say, adding that they are pinning their hopes for change on this month’s parliamentary election. Two laws passed this year have already curbed LGBTQ+ rights and activists fear that if the ruling Georgian Dream party wins an unprecedented fourth term on Oct. 26, there could be more crackdowns, with serious consequences for healthcare. “These kinds of laws perpetuate pandemics. They harm the public health approach and then harm the whole community because HIV will spread more effectively – or any disease will,” Eamonn Murphy, UNAIDS director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia regions, told Context in a telephone interview.