ICROSS Milestones up until 2000

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KEY ICROSS MILESTONES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

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1979

• ICROSS established by Doctor Barnes and Doctor Meegan.
• ICROSS begun International awareness for re thinking the model of donor led development, a policy that would be advocated by others in future decades.
• Donated $6,000 to Projects in Asia and East Africa.

1980

• Awarded 32 grants to missionary organizations in Africa and Asia.
• ICROSS began lobbying UK politicians together with Prof David Morley for more targeted child health funding internationally.

1981

• Published “The reality of starvation and disease”. Meegan M. Lancet 1981; 1 (8212):146.

On the spread of poverty

• ICROSS launched long term public health studies with Prof. David Morley and the Institute of Child Health, London.
• Donated $8,000 to women’s health projects in India

1982

• Supported Doctor Robbie McCabe MD in Turkana and five relief projects in Karamoja, Uganda.
• ICROSS East end, New York USA established by a group of Physicians in Southampton New York, USA.

1983

• Created, ICROSS Kenya with Holy Ghost Fathers headed by Fr Paul Cunningham.
• Grants 22 small mission projects throughout East Africa.
• Published “Starvation and suffering”. Meegan M. Lancet 1983; 2(8365-66):1506.
• Director of Medical services Dr. Wilfred Kionange granted ICROSS the authority to establish and operate mobile medical clinics in Samburu and Kajiado districts.

1984

• Grants to Franciscan projects in Mogadishu, Somalia for Health Projects.
• In partnership with AMREF, ICROSS extended famine relief to over 12,000 children, mother and the elderly.
• 1984-1988 ICROSS introduced in all it projects Child to Child health promotion
• Donations to 5 Eastern African countries, supporting famine relief and child survival of £ 20,000.
• Over £60,000 given in emergency development projects in East Africa and India.
• ICROSS built first dispensary in rural Kenya.
• ICROSS Constructed first clinic in Samburu (Lesirikan Clinic) and Oldanyati Clinic at the foot of the Ngong Hills, both Staffed by Seconded Government Nurses.
• ICROSS allocated over 400 education grants in small Rural primary schools

1985

• ICROSS established ICROSS Tanzania together with Tanzanian ambassador to Kenya, Joe Lusinde.
• Raised over £70,000 pounds for ICROSS Tanzania public health projects.
• Created 4 new self-help groups.
• Build two new clinics in Kenya, one in Monduli, Tanzania.
• Begun disease control programs in Turkana, Samburu and Pokot.
• Began training of traditional birth attendants in four districts.
• Initiated diarrheal control programme in Samburu and Kajiado Districts.
• Began camel breeding in remote areas, Samburu.

1986

• Father Paul Cunningham becomes chairman of the board of directors, ICROSS Kenya.
• ICROSS expands in USA.
• Reached over 200,000 in drought stricken areas.
• Funds training of over 200 health workers.
• Distributes grants of over 50,000 dollars.
• Provided first specialized referral consultancy through a team of volunteer medical consultants lead by Doctor Evan Sequeira.
• Grants to three Mission Hospitals and Clinics in Pokot and Turkana

• Published “All shall be Well” Forward Prof John Powell SJ, ISBN 000-627006-9, Collins. 146 pgs. First edition 1986, Reprint Jan 1999. Republished Oct 2014
• Father Paul Cunningham opened ICROSS health clinic at Nyonyori, built from funding from the British High commission in Nairobi.
• ICROSS launched extensive mobile outreach services and facilities in four districts of Kenya, reaching over 200,000 people a year.
• ICROSS campaigns for community owned planning of projects in rural communities
• ICROSS extended its child survival and maternal health program with donations raised from 6 international donors.

1987

• Together with the Danish government (DANIDA), established long term mother and child health programming, reaching over three hundred villages and 120,000 people.
• Provided supplementary feeding and training to over 7,000 mothers.
• Created domestic livestock programmes that have become self-sufficient to date.
• ICROSS has been proactively involved in district development committee and stakeholder groups.
• ICROSS established 12 women’s groups in remote rural areas.

1988

• Extended water and sanitation programmes, in four districts and handed over five primary healthcare programmes to local communities.
• Developed new women’s’ groups in rural areas and doubled mobile clinics with the assistance of international donors.
• Through the support of the Irish government and comic relief, established 16 micro-finance organizations and local empowerment projects. These included; fish farms, cattle dips, local maize production facilities, strengthening cattle herds, improving local organization management, facilitating awareness of legal rights.
• Extended the use of solar disinfection of contaminated drinking water reaching over 16,000 pastoralists.
• Began the training and skills transfer of local public health researchers.
• Handed over five community development projects.

• Published “Prevention of disease in the poor world”. Meegan M, McCormick J. Lancet 1988; 2(8603):152-3. Sharing innovative approaches to implement health services.

1989

• Increased immunisation coverage reaching over 35,000 children.
• External evaluation of public health programmes by Prof David Morley
• Evaluation of clinical diagnostic processes by Prof James McComick MD.
• Extended training programmes for traditional mid wives.
• Introduced first phase computarisation of patient data.
• Reached over 280,000 of tribal pastoralists in Public Health.
• Completed final studies on tribal belief systems relating to diarrhea and water borne diseases.
• Raised over 300,000 dollars for community programmes
• ICROSS launches what would be a 26 year collaboration with Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
• Published Major study on the beliefs and practices on the causes and treatment of diarrhoeal infections among the Maasai, Diarrhoea being one of the major killers of all children.

• Published “Rates of sexual partner change among two pastoralist southern Nilotic groups in East Africa”. Konings E, Anderson RM, Morley D, O'Riordan T, Meegan M. AIDS 1989; 3(4):245-7.
• Published “Dialogue on Diarrhea Beliefs and behavior” Michael Meegan the Maasai in Kenya and Tanzania , Issue no. 39 - December 1989 (regular contributor )
• Thanks to donations from Des Rushe and his readers as well as Dr Joe Barnes cofounder of ICROSS launched our first annual malaria campaign reaching over 6,000 in its first year.

1990

• ICROSS was one of the first members of Aids Map which is international association providing HIV information globally. ICROSS has been dynamically active since 1990.
• ICROSS extends its HIV prevention programme to two new districts
• Handed over three community health projects for safe motherhood to local communities.
• COMIC Relief support micro finance initiatives in three districts reaching over 120,000 in rural communities.

1991

• ICROSS establishes the international headquarters in Ngong Kenya
• Donated $ 12,000 of Medical Supplies and equipment to Health projects in Pokot and Samburu
• Tom Ruberk of ICROSS Texas raised 30,000 dollars to support women rights in Kenya through ICROSS projects.
• External evaluation of ICROSS rural health programs by Prof James McCormark

1992

• Published “Rethinking famine relief”. Meegan M K. Lancet 1992; 340(8830):1293-4.
• ICROSS Built its guest house and HIV support facility funded by ICROSS East end USA
• ICROSS distributed over 300,000 condoms as part of its reproductive health programme.
• ICROSS in partnership with the Lions club began its largest surgical operation in Kajiado Hospital

1993

• ICROSS East end Closes after successful completion of all its projects having risen over 2 million dollars in the previous decade

1994

• Published “Dwindling donor aid for health programmes in developing countries”. Conroy RM, Meegan ME. Lancet 1994; 343(8907):1228-9.
• Published “Child weighing by the unschooled: a report of a controlled study of growth monitoring over 12 months of Maasai children using direct recording scales”. Meegan M, Morley DC, Brown R. Trans Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1994; 88(6):635-7.
• Ministry of health allocated more government staff to ICROSS rural health programmes
• The Japanese Ambassador presented surgical equipment to Joe Gatiba operations director for Kajiado Hospital

1995

• ICROSS began Kimotho Gathoni Education Project
• ICROSS began a 17 year relationship with JICA introducing dozens of Japanese volunteers into rural development projects.
• Celebrated a decade of ICROSS Main Clinic Nyonyorrie
• Doubles the immunisation programme reach from previous year reaching 9,600 children

1996

• Extended new mobile clinics, Community Health work and traditional birth attendant training to over 120 TBAs (Traditional birth attendants).
• Extended child health monitoring including: Infant feeding, Care during pregnancy, Danger signs during pregnancy, Delivery, Breastfeeding: positioning and attachment, Care of mother and baby after birth, Guideline for healthy eating, Post natal examination and Family planning.

1997

• 191,504 beneficieries
• Published “Fly traps. Trachoma prevention and fly reduction”, Meegan M, Morley D, Chavasse D. Lancet 1997;349(9055):886.
• Published “Caring for the Future: Making the Next Decades Provide a Life Worth Living”M. K. Elmore-Meegan, JAMA. 1997; 277(16):1329-132910.1001/jama. 1997.03540400081046
• ICROSS Japanese Ambassador Hands Danny Ngwiri $38,670 to begin the ICROSS HIV and AIDS programme in Bondo.

1998

• Published “Solar disinfection of drinking water contained in transparent plastic bottles : characterizing the bacterial inactivation process” McGuigan1, Elmore-Meegan Journal of Applied Microbiology V 84 Issue 6pg 1138–1148, June 1998
• ICROSS formally introduces overseas internship programme
• Three new dispensaries funded by the Japaneese government received approval at Longosua, Sinkiraine and Murantawa

1999

• Published “Solar disinfection of water reduces diarrheal disease: an update’’. Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Arch Diseases Children 1999; 81(4):337-8.
• Published ‘’Growth monitoring: family participation: effective community development’’. Meegan M, Morley DC. Tropical Doctor 1999; 29(1):23-7.
• ICROSS board member, Chief Magistrate Babu Achieng tragically murdered on January 1999, He had served on the board of directors, ICROSS Kenya for 10 years.