RUSSIA: WORST EPIDEMIC OF SYPHILIS THIS CENTURY

Russian/Nat Russia is suffering from it’s worst syphilis epidemic this century. Experts blame the increase on a growth in poverty, and the consequent increase in prostitution. Doctors are calling for more education in schools on condom use, but many schools feel the children are not ready for sex education. A police jeep rounds up another group of prostitutes from the streets of Moscow. These officers aren’t only fighting the city’s booming market in prostitution - they’re also trying to fig