Instant reporting of malnutrition cases to authorities

Purpose

1. Ensure immediate notification to authorities whenever child malnutrition is detected at Anganwadi centers.

2. Automate data collection and error-free reporting to reduce manual intervention.

3. Maintain real-time compliance with mandated government health and nutrition policies.

4. Enable rapid response to malnutrition cases to mitigate risks and initiate interventions for affected children.

5. Archive and document all notifications to ensure transparent audit trails.

Trigger Conditions

1. Entry of a malnutrition diagnosis in the Anganwadi center’s nutrition monitoring system.

2. Threshold breach, e.g., weight-for-age, weight-for-height, or MUAC below set standards.

3. Manual staff flag indicating suspected or confirmed malnutrition.

4. Scheduled sync event aggregating data for batch reporting when offline.

Platform Variants

1. Twilio SMS

• Feature/Setting: Use Programmable Messaging; configure triggers to auto-send malnutrition alerts (API: POST /Messages).
  

2. SendGrid

• Feature/Setting: Automated email via Dynamic Templates on API trigger; configure POST /mail/send.
  

3. Google Sheets

• Feature/Setting: Use Apps Script to trigger row append when new case is logged, then invoke scripted email notification.
  

4. Microsoft Power Automate

• Feature/Setting: "When a row is added" trigger with "Send an email notification (V3)" action.
  

5. Slack

• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks to designated channel; configure Webhook URL per alerting workflow.
  

6. WhatsApp Business API

• Feature/Setting: Configure message templates; use POST /v1/messages to notify authorities.
  

7. PagerDuty

• Feature/Setting: Events API; trigger ‘incident’ creation for rapid response teams on malnutrition detection.
  

8. Zoho Desk

• Feature/Setting: Ticket auto-creation on webform submission (malnutrition report); API: POST /tickets.
  

9. Airtable

• Feature/Setting: New record trigger with outbound webhook to authorities’ system.
  

10. Mailgun

• Feature/Setting: API-based transactional email when monitoring system flags new entry.
  

11. Freshdesk

• Feature/Setting: Ticket creation via API on malnutrition alert event.
  

12. Salesforce

• Feature/Setting: Platform Events API to raise Health Alert record for government caseworkers.
  

13. Trello

• Feature/Setting: Automation to create a new card with child’s case info; configured via Power-Ups or API.
  

14. AWS Lambda

• Feature/Setting: Autonomously execute push to notification system when new entry meets threshold.
  

15. Google Chat

• Feature/Setting: Bots API to push a message to authorities group space.
  

16. Zapier

• Feature/Setting: “New Row” in data app or webhook trigger; connect actions for SMS, email, etc.
  

17. Telegram

• Feature/Setting: Bot API; configure /sendMessage endpoint for rapid case notification.
  

18. JotForm

• Feature/Setting: Integrate submission triggers to send notification to government contact.
  

19. Intercom

• Feature/Setting: Automated message or ticket creation via Webhooks after an alert.
  

20. ServiceNow

• Feature/Setting: Create incident/workflow ticket using REST Table API on malnutrition detection.
  

21. Microsoft Teams

• Feature/Setting: Webhook/Connector for posting automated case notification messages.
  

Benefits

1. Instant authority notification ensures immediate action for each malnutrition case.

2. Reduces manual reporting errors via direct system-to-authority data flow.

3. Scalable across multiple Anganwadi locations and authorities.

4. Facilitates better documentation and reporting compliance.

5. Enhances accountability via time-stamped, auditable alerts.