Childhood cancer brings unimaginable challenges — not only for the child, but for the families who walk that journey with them. In these moments, nutrition is not just food, it is strength, resilience, and a vital part of treatment.

Cuddles Foundation has been working tirelessly to ensure that every child undergoing cancer treatment receives the right nutrition at the right time. Their work spans hospitals across the country, supporting children from vulnerable communities who depend heavily on public health systems.

But with growing scale came a difficult question:

How do you standardise nutrition assessments, deliver customised diet plans, and track support across dozens of hospitals — all while ensuring clinical accuracy and data security?

That’s where this collaboration began.

The Challenge

Before the platform was built, nutritionists worked with:

• Paper-based counselling forms
• Manual tracking of growth and malnutrition grades
• Offline ration-kit distribution processes
• Fragmented data spread across hospitals
• Inconsistent reporting formats
• Limited ways to monitor follow-ups and outcomes

For a highly clinical, rapidly evolving context like pediatric oncology, this meant:

• Missed patterns
• Difficulty in standardising care
• High administrative load
• Delays in counselling and dietary interventions

To scale nutrition support and precision counselling, Cuddles needed a robust, secure, clinically-aligned platform that worked across hospitals and cities.

The Solution

Together, we built a comprehensive digital nutrition care system — combining mobile and web platforms designed specifically for pediatric cancer nutrition.

Key Features

1. Mobile & Web-Based Nutrition Assessment

Nutritionists use an Android app (deployed on tablets) to assess children in real time — even inside busy hospital OPDs.

2. Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Support

The platform includes:

• Scientifically validated diet plans
• Algorithm-driven nutrition advice based on medical condition
• Integrated Grade of Malnutrition, ensuring accurate risk identification

This ensures no child’s nutrition plan is left to guesswork.

3. Unified, Intuitive MIS System

From counselling history to growth parameters to supplement disbursement — everything is captured in one place.

4. Digitised Ration Distribution

What was once a fully manual, paper-based system is now an:

• End-to-end digital ration management module
• Complete with electronic ration coupons
• Automated monthly eligibility checks
• Deployed across 15+ cities

5. Secure Admin Portal With Role-Based Access

A central web platform allows teams to manage:

• Users
• Hospitals
• Supplements
• Counselling data
• Reports and insights

6. Strong, Third-Party–Audited Data Security

With sensitive child health data at stake, the system integrates stringent privacy protections and certified security standards.

7. Unified Authentication Across the Ecosystem

One identity system for seamless access across all Cuddles modules.

The Impact

Since rollout, this platform has become the backbone of nutrition counselling across government and charitable hospitals.

What the system enables today

• Used across 30+ government & charitable hospitals
• 60,000+ counselling sessions recorded (initial phase)
• Digitised distribution of supplements, hot meals, and nutrition kits
• Automated ration-coupon distribution in 15+ cities
• Real-time monitoring of each child’s progress
• Standardised nutrition protocols across hospitals
• Consistent follow-up for patients during and after discharge

As the system scaled further in the updated implementation:

• 750,000+ nutrition counselling sessions captured
• Digital ration distribution across 30+ cities
• Continuous engagement with patients beyond treatment

This clarity and consistency allow families to focus on what truly matters: their child’s healing.

Why This Matters

Nutrition is one of the most powerful, proven ways to support children during cancer treatment.

By digitising the assessment, counselling, and support workflows:

• Families receive timely, personalised help
• Nutritionists spend less time on paperwork
• Hospitals gain visibility into program outcomes
• Children get stronger, faster, more reliable support

Because when the right care reaches the right child at the right time, it becomes more than nutrition — it becomes hope.

Behind every counselling entry or ration coupon is a child fighting one of the toughest battles of their life.
This platform ensures they—and their families—are never alone in that fight.

With technology, we can ensure no child is left behind in the fight to survive it.

Interested in co-creating impactful solutions?
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