As the tragic suffering of children continues in semi desert areas of
East Africa, ICROSS teams battle against dehydration, malnutrition and
needless suffering. Saruni OleLengeny works with community health
workers making sure children do not fall below safe body weight.
Together with Gerry Coogan and friends ICROSS is following high risk
children in remote villages who do not eat because there is no food.
Metaei is a 6 year old girl who ate less than a handful of rice a day
for the last three weeks, now seriously below weight she is one of the
many children being helped in the drought response programme. We need
your help to save lives today and protect vulnerable children from
becoming seriously ill. ICROSS Founder Michael Meegan said today "We
are also protecting water sources and appealing for help to ensure
families have enough water to drink, a huge problem is that the
existing water is contaminated and the Maasai have lost many of their
water holes, the remaining ones are often causes of diarrhoea, The
biggest killer of children is often diarrhoeal infections" We need
your help to extend emergency support to the growing number of
children who are falling below safe weight.
ICROSS has worked among these communities for almost thirty years. you
can help us today by supporting our projects at
www.icross-africa.net.
Michael Elmore-Meegan MSc Community Health TCD
D Med HC NUI FRAMI
Founder, International Director ICROSS
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://icrosskenya.org/
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
Monday, September 12, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
ICROSS AIDS programmes
As ICROSS continues to serve those most in need the HIV AIDS programmes continue to impact the poor.
We are part of the International network of organisations around the world committed to preventing AIDS. NAM aidsmap is the global initiative dedicated to promoting HIV awareness and sharing information.
NAM works world-wide to provide knowledge.http://www.aidsmap.com
Access to quality information is absolutely critical to enable individuals and communities affected by HIV to protect themselves, care for others, advocate for better services and challenge stigma and discrimination. We want to make sure this information is there for anyone who needs it.
NAM believes that knowledge is power.
"We provide vital information to enable individuals and communities to take control of HIV and AIDS."
With your help, we at ICROSS work with our partners to support people with HIV to live long and healthy lives.
You can see ICROSS details at
http://www.aidsmap.com/org/3f85eda5-2e92-4a13-8a72-1baaaa69a165/page/1411896/
We are part of the International network of organisations around the world committed to preventing AIDS. NAM aidsmap is the global initiative dedicated to promoting HIV awareness and sharing information.
NAM works world-wide to provide knowledge.http://www.aidsmap.com
Access to quality information is absolutely critical to enable individuals and communities affected by HIV to protect themselves, care for others, advocate for better services and challenge stigma and discrimination. We want to make sure this information is there for anyone who needs it.
NAM believes that knowledge is power.
"We provide vital information to enable individuals and communities to take control of HIV and AIDS."
With your help, we at ICROSS work with our partners to support people with HIV to live long and healthy lives.
You can see ICROSS details at
http://www.aidsmap.com/org/3f85eda5-2e92-4a13-8a72-1baaaa69a165/page/1411896/
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
safe motherhood critical in reducing infant deaths in Africa
ICROSS Safe motherhood and infant health care
The crisis in Africa is worsening. ICROSS is building new projects to impact on the areas most in need.
Heres the problem faced by the poorest of the poor.
One in six African children dies before the age of five. Most of these deaths could be prevented. (source: Africa 2015) so we have a long term projects targeting these causes.
Over half of Maasai children under 5 years are underweight.(Source Nut Survey July2011) ICROSS works at preventing malnutrition and feeding the most vulnerable children.
Nearly one third of children in Sub-Saharan Africa are underweight. (source: UNICEF) Our work in child survival and child monitoring as well as maternal education and training has been published since 1981.
In sub-Saharan Africa, measles takes the life of a child nearly every minute of every day. An effective measles vaccine costs as little as $1 per child. (source: UNICEF) ICROSS has doubled the number of vaccinations in the last 3 years in its rural health sclinics and outreach and nomadic health services.
Between 12 and 14 million African children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. (source: World Bank/UNICEF) For 18 years ICROSS has worked with AIDS orphans in rural and slum areas.
43% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have safe, accessible drinking water. (source: UNICEF) 64% of children in Maasai communities.(source SODIS ) ICROSS has made an international contribution to diarrhoea with its work published and widely used. Since 1986 we have been pioneering innovations to reduce water borne disease. We need to share this work more widely.
64% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have adequate sanitation. (source: UNICEF) in Maasailand this is 76%. ICROSS continues to promote hygiene, sanitation and prevention across hundreds of villages.
Only 57% of African children are enrolled in primary education, and one in three of those does not complete school. (source: Africa 2015) For 27 years ICROSS has supported primary schools and assisted girls to go to school in rural areas.
We need help to extend these vital projects to more communities and villages.
ICROSS is a leading independent organization making long term change in the lives of communities living in absolute poverty. With over three decades of experience in delivering public health in Africa we have also pioneered research into long term interventions creating lasting improvements in health.
Recognized for our commitment to International health research we have been published in the leading medical journals ranging from the Journal of the American Medical Association to the LANCET and other key scientific publications. ICROSS has a reputation for innovation and international partnerships, our work begins and is rooted through the values of the communities we live with. ICROSS works with a wide range of other organizations, government departments, NGOs and many local partners .
As ICROSS continues to strengthen long term public health, our projects are built on peer reviewed externally validated research. As part of our commitment to local ownership we have created community led systems that drive all our planning. With a pedigree spanning thirty years and a team of highly qualified specialists ICROSS is putting in place new infrastructures to help our programmes grow. As we design the next phase of our primary health and maternal child initiatives we will be launching an appeal to raise support for all of our Clinics, prevention programmes and safe motherhood.
The crisis in Africa is worsening. ICROSS is building new projects to impact on the areas most in need.
Heres the problem faced by the poorest of the poor.
One in six African children dies before the age of five. Most of these deaths could be prevented. (source: Africa 2015) so we have a long term projects targeting these causes.
Over half of Maasai children under 5 years are underweight.(Source Nut Survey July2011) ICROSS works at preventing malnutrition and feeding the most vulnerable children.
Nearly one third of children in Sub-Saharan Africa are underweight. (source: UNICEF) Our work in child survival and child monitoring as well as maternal education and training has been published since 1981.
In sub-Saharan Africa, measles takes the life of a child nearly every minute of every day. An effective measles vaccine costs as little as $1 per child. (source: UNICEF) ICROSS has doubled the number of vaccinations in the last 3 years in its rural health sclinics and outreach and nomadic health services.
Between 12 and 14 million African children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. (source: World Bank/UNICEF) For 18 years ICROSS has worked with AIDS orphans in rural and slum areas.
43% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have safe, accessible drinking water. (source: UNICEF) 64% of children in Maasai communities.(source SODIS ) ICROSS has made an international contribution to diarrhoea with its work published and widely used. Since 1986 we have been pioneering innovations to reduce water borne disease. We need to share this work more widely.
64% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have adequate sanitation. (source: UNICEF) in Maasailand this is 76%. ICROSS continues to promote hygiene, sanitation and prevention across hundreds of villages.
Only 57% of African children are enrolled in primary education, and one in three of those does not complete school. (source: Africa 2015) For 27 years ICROSS has supported primary schools and assisted girls to go to school in rural areas.
We need help to extend these vital projects to more communities and villages.
ICROSS is a leading independent organization making long term change in the lives of communities living in absolute poverty. With over three decades of experience in delivering public health in Africa we have also pioneered research into long term interventions creating lasting improvements in health.
Recognized for our commitment to International health research we have been published in the leading medical journals ranging from the Journal of the American Medical Association to the LANCET and other key scientific publications. ICROSS has a reputation for innovation and international partnerships, our work begins and is rooted through the values of the communities we live with. ICROSS works with a wide range of other organizations, government departments, NGOs and many local partners .
As ICROSS continues to strengthen long term public health, our projects are built on peer reviewed externally validated research. As part of our commitment to local ownership we have created community led systems that drive all our planning. With a pedigree spanning thirty years and a team of highly qualified specialists ICROSS is putting in place new infrastructures to help our programmes grow. As we design the next phase of our primary health and maternal child initiatives we will be launching an appeal to raise support for all of our Clinics, prevention programmes and safe motherhood.
Monday, September 5, 2011
ICROSS Safe motherhood and infant health care
ICROSS Safe motherhood and infant health care
The crisis in Africa is worsening. ICROSS is building new projects to impact on the areas most in need.
Heres the problem faced by the poorest of the poor.
One in six African children dies before the age of five. Most of these deaths could be prevented. (source: Africa 2015) so we have a long term projects targeting these causes.
Over half of Maasai children under 5 years are underweight.(Source Nut Survey July2011) ICROSS works at preventing malnutrition and feeding the most vulnerable children.
Nearly one third of children in Sub-Saharan Africa are underweight. (source: UNICEF) Our work in child survival and child monitoring as well as maternal education and training has been published since 1981.
In sub-Saharan Africa, measles takes the life of a child nearly every minute of every day. An effective measles vaccine costs as little as $1 per child. (source: UNICEF) ICROSS has doubled the number of vaccinations in the last 3 years in its rural health sclinics and outreach and nomadic health services.
Between 12 and 14 million African children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. (source: World Bank/UNICEF) For 18 years ICROSS has worked with AIDS orphans in rural and slum areas.
43% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have safe, accessible drinking water. (source: UNICEF) 64% of children in Maasai communities.(source SODIS ) ICROSS has made an international contribution to diarrhoea with its work published and widely used. Since 1986 we have been pioneering innovations to reduce water borne disease. We need to share this work more widely.
64% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have adequate sanitation. (source: UNICEF) in Maasailand this is 76%. ICROSS continues to promote hygiene, sanitation and prevention across hundreds of villages.
Only 57% of African children are enrolled in primary education, and one in three of those does not complete school. (source: Africa 2015) For 27 years ICROSS has supported primary schools and assisted girls to go to school in rural areas.
We need help to extend these vital projects to more communities and villages.
ICROSS is a leading independent organization making long term change in the lives of communities living in absolute poverty. With over three decades of experience in delivering public health in Africa we have also pioneered research into long term interventions creating lasting improvements in health.
Recognized for our commitment to International health research we have been published in the leading medical journals ranging from the Journal of the American Medical Association to the LANCET and other key scientific publications. ICROSS has a reputation for innovation and international partnerships, our work begins and is rooted through the values of the communities we live with. ICROSS works with a wide range of other organizations, government departments, NGOs and many local partners .
As ICROSS continues to strengthen long term public health, our projects are built on peer reviewed externally validated research. As part of our commitment to local ownership we have created community led systems that drive all our planning. With a pedigree spanning thirty years and a team of highly qualified specialists ICROSS is putting in place new infrastructures to help our programmes grow. As we design the next phase of our primary health and maternal child initiatives we will be launching an appeal to raise support for all of our Clinics, prevention programmes and safe motherhood.
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://icrosskenya.org/
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
ICROSS www.icrosskenya.org works as a Kenyan-based development NGO, with a focus in the field of health,[1][2] with key international lectures [3] including the RedR Future shocks lecture,.[4] ICROSS is responsible for a large terminal care programme and a series of public health programmes. One of ICROSS's key research streams has been investigating means of solar disinfection (SODIS) of contaminated drinking water, and has helped conduct a number of control trials of SODIS.[5] Engaged in multi country collaborative programmes www.rcsi.ie/hwts09 ICROSS stresses traditional tribal values, building development programmes through the exisyting decision systems and creating locally driven agendas.
International profile ICROSS campaigns have included Africa awakes which tries to change the stereotypes and negative perceptions of Africa www.africa-awakes.com These exhibitions have received wide media coverage in Italy and France. ICROSS public health work has been cited Internationally , medical work has appeared in key scienticif journals since 1981. Meegan who received many international awards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Elmore-Meegan was featured in BBC's Hardtalk current affair's programme for his work for ICROSS[6] while in 2006 the organisation was the subject of an award winning documentary by Irish Television.[7] ICROSS and its Founders have received widespread recognition for their work, especially in long term public health and creating lasting community development programmes. ICROSS spcialises in long term pastoralist health programmes, the most recent example of which was opened in December 2010 at Ilkilorit, Maasai land in Kenya. They have been covered extensively in the media, most recently for SODIS and for Africa awakes campaigns fighting racism, prejudice and stereotypes. In 2003 the founder received International person of the year in Ireland and in 2006 was the second person ever to receive a D Med Honoris Causa for his work in International health.www.nui.ie/college/docs/citations/2006/meegan.pdf
ICROSS work is widely cited ( see google scholar ) and the administration is entirely Africanied since August 2000.
Media news items include research http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/fol060732/proj634131 http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/library/letter-2003-10-16.html The International NGO which has multi lateral and bi lateral donors. Since 2003 the expansion of ICROSS International has seen the creation of an International Advisory board in 2009 chaired by Dr Davida de La Harpe. In October 2009 ICROSS launched www.icrossinternational.org and www.icrosskenya.org
Michael Meegan has also written numerous books on his work with ICROSS including 'All Will Be Well'(the successor to 'All Shall Be Well'), 'Surprised by Joy' and 'Changing the World 2008 A new series of books is being published by eye books www.eye-books.con
In January 2010 ICROSS Kenya extended its Rural health programmes. In March ICROSS Kenya began legal action in Ireland to try and establlish where funds raised for Kenyan projects had gone. The co founder of ICROSS Dr Joe Barnes installed a new Board of Directors in ICROSS Ireland july 2010 and funding to ICROSS Kenya programmes resumed. This funding was raised by the Founders
The crisis in Africa is worsening. ICROSS is building new projects to impact on the areas most in need.
Heres the problem faced by the poorest of the poor.
One in six African children dies before the age of five. Most of these deaths could be prevented. (source: Africa 2015) so we have a long term projects targeting these causes.
Over half of Maasai children under 5 years are underweight.(Source Nut Survey July2011) ICROSS works at preventing malnutrition and feeding the most vulnerable children.
Nearly one third of children in Sub-Saharan Africa are underweight. (source: UNICEF) Our work in child survival and child monitoring as well as maternal education and training has been published since 1981.
In sub-Saharan Africa, measles takes the life of a child nearly every minute of every day. An effective measles vaccine costs as little as $1 per child. (source: UNICEF) ICROSS has doubled the number of vaccinations in the last 3 years in its rural health sclinics and outreach and nomadic health services.
Between 12 and 14 million African children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. (source: World Bank/UNICEF) For 18 years ICROSS has worked with AIDS orphans in rural and slum areas.
43% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have safe, accessible drinking water. (source: UNICEF) 64% of children in Maasai communities.(source SODIS ) ICROSS has made an international contribution to diarrhoea with its work published and widely used. Since 1986 we have been pioneering innovations to reduce water borne disease. We need to share this work more widely.
64% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have adequate sanitation. (source: UNICEF) in Maasailand this is 76%. ICROSS continues to promote hygiene, sanitation and prevention across hundreds of villages.
Only 57% of African children are enrolled in primary education, and one in three of those does not complete school. (source: Africa 2015) For 27 years ICROSS has supported primary schools and assisted girls to go to school in rural areas.
We need help to extend these vital projects to more communities and villages.
ICROSS is a leading independent organization making long term change in the lives of communities living in absolute poverty. With over three decades of experience in delivering public health in Africa we have also pioneered research into long term interventions creating lasting improvements in health.
Recognized for our commitment to International health research we have been published in the leading medical journals ranging from the Journal of the American Medical Association to the LANCET and other key scientific publications. ICROSS has a reputation for innovation and international partnerships, our work begins and is rooted through the values of the communities we live with. ICROSS works with a wide range of other organizations, government departments, NGOs and many local partners .
As ICROSS continues to strengthen long term public health, our projects are built on peer reviewed externally validated research. As part of our commitment to local ownership we have created community led systems that drive all our planning. With a pedigree spanning thirty years and a team of highly qualified specialists ICROSS is putting in place new infrastructures to help our programmes grow. As we design the next phase of our primary health and maternal child initiatives we will be launching an appeal to raise support for all of our Clinics, prevention programmes and safe motherhood.
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://icrosskenya.org/
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
ICROSS www.icrosskenya.org works as a Kenyan-based development NGO, with a focus in the field of health,[1][2] with key international lectures [3] including the RedR Future shocks lecture,.[4] ICROSS is responsible for a large terminal care programme and a series of public health programmes. One of ICROSS's key research streams has been investigating means of solar disinfection (SODIS) of contaminated drinking water, and has helped conduct a number of control trials of SODIS.[5] Engaged in multi country collaborative programmes www.rcsi.ie/hwts09 ICROSS stresses traditional tribal values, building development programmes through the exisyting decision systems and creating locally driven agendas.
International profile ICROSS campaigns have included Africa awakes which tries to change the stereotypes and negative perceptions of Africa www.africa-awakes.com These exhibitions have received wide media coverage in Italy and France. ICROSS public health work has been cited Internationally , medical work has appeared in key scienticif journals since 1981. Meegan who received many international awards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Elmore-Meegan was featured in BBC's Hardtalk current affair's programme for his work for ICROSS[6] while in 2006 the organisation was the subject of an award winning documentary by Irish Television.[7] ICROSS and its Founders have received widespread recognition for their work, especially in long term public health and creating lasting community development programmes. ICROSS spcialises in long term pastoralist health programmes, the most recent example of which was opened in December 2010 at Ilkilorit, Maasai land in Kenya. They have been covered extensively in the media, most recently for SODIS and for Africa awakes campaigns fighting racism, prejudice and stereotypes. In 2003 the founder received International person of the year in Ireland and in 2006 was the second person ever to receive a D Med Honoris Causa for his work in International health.www.nui.ie/college/docs/citations/2006/meegan.pdf
ICROSS work is widely cited ( see google scholar ) and the administration is entirely Africanied since August 2000.
Media news items include research http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/fol060732/proj634131 http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/library/letter-2003-10-16.html The International NGO which has multi lateral and bi lateral donors. Since 2003 the expansion of ICROSS International has seen the creation of an International Advisory board in 2009 chaired by Dr Davida de La Harpe. In October 2009 ICROSS launched www.icrossinternational.org and www.icrosskenya.org
Michael Meegan has also written numerous books on his work with ICROSS including 'All Will Be Well'(the successor to 'All Shall Be Well'), 'Surprised by Joy' and 'Changing the World 2008 A new series of books is being published by eye books www.eye-books.con
In January 2010 ICROSS Kenya extended its Rural health programmes. In March ICROSS Kenya began legal action in Ireland to try and establlish where funds raised for Kenyan projects had gone. The co founder of ICROSS Dr Joe Barnes installed a new Board of Directors in ICROSS Ireland july 2010 and funding to ICROSS Kenya programmes resumed. This funding was raised by the Founders
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