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They pay us money and we work.  And on top of that we get infected.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: \"Anya\", prostitute\u003cbr/\u003eBut prostitution is legal in Russia, and the police have to let the women out after a night behind bars.\u003cbr/\u003eAs daylight breaks, Moscow's Central Clinic for Venereal Decease welcomes a new group of syphilis patients.\u003cbr/\u003eThe clinic's chief doctor has been fighting syphilis in Russia for the past fifty years.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says both the disease and prostitution will continue to rocket if Russia doesn't improve its shaky economy.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Russian)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Our society has split into parts, creating rich and poor people.  Those who are rich, those who can pull out wads of cash from their pockets, can buy any poor girl there is, for as much as they want.  It's very easy now.  And the poor girl wants to be bought because she needs the money.  That's why the transfer of infection happens very fast.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Sergei Berlin, head doctor\u003cbr/\u003eThe doctors in this clinic stay very busy -- they treat hundreds of syphilis patients every day -- with new patients arriving every ten minutes.\u003cbr/\u003eThere are 256 syphilis cases for every 100-thousand people in Russia, compared to one case for every 100-thousand people in the United States.\u003cbr/\u003eHealth officials agree that the way to beat the epidemic is to educate young people about condom use.\u003cbr/\u003eBut specialists think its still too early to start installing condom dispensers in school bathrooms.\u003cbr/\u003eThey say students wouldn't be ready for such a radical step in sex education. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Russian)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The kids will take the condoms and make holes in them then squirt everyone with water.  That's what they'll do if we have condoms in school bathrooms.  First we have to teach them how to use condoms.  We shouldn't be ashamed to talk about it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Sergei Berlin, head doctor\u003cbr/\u003eBut it isn't an easy task to educate a society which grew up without condoms.\u003cbr/\u003eCondoms weren't widely available in the Soviet Union and most women used abortions as the chief method of contraception.\u003cbr/\u003eBut since the break up of the Soviet Union, contraceptives have become easier to get - with cheaper Russian-made condoms prompting their wider use.\u003cbr/\u003eThis school is trying to increase the number of condom users in Russia.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's one of a handful of selected schools that teaches students about sex.\u003cbr/\u003eThe education ministry has decided to start a pilot sex-education programme on a short-term trial basis.\u003cbr/\u003eThe teacher thinks the students are ready for a sex curriculum and hopes the classes will continue.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Russian)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The students are curious about lots of things, about contraception, male-female relationships, family planning.  They want to know how to build a family without making mistakes.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Elena Katyupovskaya, sex education teacher\u003cbr/\u003eToday these students have their final lesson on sex and syphilis before they break for summer vacation.\u003cbr/\u003eDoctors hope this new generation of condom users will protect themselves from the epidemic by practising what they've learned.\u003cbr/\u003eMoscow, Russia, 24-27 May 1997 and Bakovka, Russia, July 1995\u003cbr/\u003eMoscow - 24-27 May 1997:\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot police jeep pulls up after rounding up prostitutes\u003cbr/\u003e2. Cutaway police station sign\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid shot policemen taking a  prostitute inside police station\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot jail cell filled with prostitutes\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close up prostitute laughing inside cell \u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid shot of prostitute from the rear.\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) \"Anya\", prostitute\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid shot policeman leads prostitutes into cell\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide shot exterior syphilis clinic, a couple going inside\u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid shot set-up for chief doctor Sergei Berlin, counselling patient\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Sergei Berlin, doctor \u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid shot doctor puts on gloves\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close up doctor chooses instruments for syphilis check-up\u003cbr/\u003e14. Mid shot doctor checking between the patient's legs\u003cbr/\u003e15. Close up doctor\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide shot doctor bringing results to lab technician\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Sergei Berlin, doctor\u003cbr/\u003eBakovka - July 1995:\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide shot worker with condoms at condom factory\u003cbr/\u003e19. Close up condoms being rolled up\u003cbr/\u003e20. Close up worker preparing condoms\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close up lubrication machine\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mid shot condom packaging machine\u003cbr/\u003e23. Close up condoms being packaged\u003cbr/\u003eMoscow - 26 May 1997:\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide shot sex education class\u003cbr/\u003e25. Mid shot students listening\u003cbr/\u003e26. Mid shot teacher writes on board\u003cbr/\u003e27. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Elena Katyupovskaya, sex education teacher\u003cbr/\u003e28. Mid shot students write on board\u003cbr/\u003e29. 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