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Letter to The Editor Jan. 30, 2004 Dear Editor: Congratulations to Tarayn Grizzard for her excellent article in the Jan. 9 Focus on the CEMERA program in Chile and its interactions with reproductive and sexual health programs in the schools. The positive outcome for adolescent reproductive health of such services should encourage physicians and educators in the United States to initiate similar sexual education programs in our high schools, as she recommends. The current dangers of AIDS and STDs among adolescents make school programs particularly important for their reproductive health and also as a means for educating their parents. Rose Frisch HSPH Associate Professor Emerita of Population Sciences