The mandate of the scheme entitled Directly Observed Treatment, Short- Course (DOTS) launched by WHO is to ensure that

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Q: 14 (CDS-II/2015)
The mandate of the scheme entitled ‘Directly Observed Treatment, Short- Course (DOTS)’ launched by WHO is to ensure that

question_subject: 

Science

question_exam: 

CDS-II

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0,16,24,15,8,16,1

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{'observed treatment': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'patients': [1, 0, 1, 4], 'treatment': [7, 1, 6, 5], 'medicine': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'dots': [1, 0, 0, 0], 'mandate': [0, 0, 1, 5], 'vaccines': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'trial': [2, 1, 1, 8], 'doctors': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'scheme': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'drug': [5, 0, 4, 2], 'short duration': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'course': [0, 0, 0, 3]}

The scheme `Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course (DOTS)` launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) has a specific mandate. The correct answer is option 3: to ensure that patients complete their course of drug.

Option 1 suggests that the mandate is for doctors to treat patients with medicine for a short duration. However, this is not the primary focus of the DOTS scheme. The scheme aims to address the completion of drug treatments rather than the duration of treatment.

Option 2 states that the mandate is for doctors not to start treatment without a trial. However, this is not accurate. The DOTS scheme focuses on patient adherence and completion of drug courses rather than conducting trials.

Option 4 suggests that the mandate is for patients to voluntarily take vaccines. However, the DOTS scheme primarily focuses on ensuring completion of drug treatments for diseases like tuberculosis, rather than vaccination.

In conclusion, the correct answer is option 3: the DOTS scheme aims to ensure that patients complete their course of drug treatment.