Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation
SteelHead Supports Life-Saving Work by Increasing Staff Productivity and Improving Information Given to Donors
Challenges
- Mission—critical time and productivity lost due to unresponsive web—based applications
- Difficulties gathering field data for quarterly reports
- Increasing transparency with donors and supporters with timely patient data from field operations
Benefits
- More time, energy, and money devoted to core mission
- Faster applications: Page downloads over the Internet in seconds versus minutes
- Elimination of paper processes and redundant data entry work
- More accurate, timely information for donors; high Charity Navigator ranking
- Several thousand dollars month saved by eliminating hosting sites
- Secure investment with good ROI
Overview
Founded in 1988, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) has become the leading global nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing pediatric HIV infection and eliminating pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs.
EGPAF currently supports more than 7,300 healthcare sites around the world. Since EGPAF’s international efforts began, EGPAF—supported programs have reached nearly 18 million women with services to prevent the transmission of HIV to their babies; tested nearly 16 million women for HIV; enrolled more than 2 million individuals, including nearly 165,000 children, into HIV care and support programs; and started more than 1.1 million individuals, including nearly 99,000 children, on antiretroviral treatment.
Solution
- SteelHead WAN optimization
SteelHead sped things up incredibly, They have made this information available so much faster, which helps us to have accurate data to share with our donors.
Kevin Burr, Senior Engineer
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
The enhanced efficiency in the IT department lets us focus our limited resources on bigger value results.
Kevin Burr, Senior Engineer
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Location
Washington, DC
Industry
Administrative Support and Non-Profit
Healthcare Pharmaceutical Biotech
Solutions
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