Pakistan, Feb. 17 -- Polio is again in the news. In fact, it has never gone away. In the last year, however, it made repeated headlines, bringing the year's tally to 144. In 2018, national polio cases were 12 and in 2017 only eight. This year's count so far is 17, including the five cases reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan just last week. Monday was the year's first five-day nationwide polio vaccination drive's first day to vaccinate approximately 39.6 million children. Up to 265,000 polio workers are braving various risks, hardships and low wages and going door to door to inoculate children under the age of five. Viewing the situation, national polio control authorities need to change their strategies and pursue aggressive me...