ICROSS Maasai clinic celebrates 25 years of programmes.
Saruni Ole Lengeny announced today that ICROSS will celebrate twenty five years of health programmes at one of our longest serving clinics. After the 1983 drought we worked with communities and villages to provide long term health services owned and run by the communities. By early 1985 we began building funded by the British High Commission. Together with Paul Ole Lasoi, Danieal and Supuk OleNtilai we opened a nutrition programme for Maasai villages in the area. Now 25 years later there is a dynamic health programme serving Many Maasai communities across Maasai land. Following earlier successes building clinics serving the Nomadic communities ICROSS extending Mother and child health, Malaria control and child survival.
The Founder and International Director Dr Michael Meegan met with Maasai leaders today to plan celebrations of Inyonyori Clinic. He said " When I first came here many years ago I decided to work with the communities towards a long term health plan, this would take a life time. We are all excited to see the impact of long term community health and the real change in community owned health systems" The ICROSS model is based on health systems that are people owned and driven.
" We built earlier dispensaries, but this is the one that has co ordinated most of the famine relief, child survival and safe motherhood", said Saruni.
It has served the Maasai Communities since July 1985. There will be events and community celebrations over the next few months to mark the occasion.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Internationally renowned tribal rights leader joins ICROSS team.
For more on this update please check our site at http://icrossinternational.org/news.aspx?id=102
Peter Saitaga, one of Kenya's most famous Maasai leaders has joined ICROSS. P Ole Saitaga who represents Maasai tribal communities across the vast savannah has been an ambassador of the Maasai around the World. Together with the Zulu, the Maasai are the two tribes that are known by everyone. Of the 6,000 tribes in Africa, few are as respected or known as the Maasai. P Ole Saitaga has worked with communities served by ICROSS for over 25 years. He is now the ICROSS community representative and spokesperson for ICROSS rural development projects. ICROSS works across a vast terrain spanning over 26,400 square Kms of Africas great Rift Valley.
Together with other elders and Maasai leaders the community spokesman said " We have worked closely since 1983 with Dr Mike Meegan and ICROSS, ICROSS is Maasai, Maasai is ICROSS. the great success of our projects is that we the communities own the work. Many people are jealous of the great success of our work. Many see the Maasai projects created through ICROSS as a wonderful way of rethinking AID and development. ICROSS is about us , about the people, in our ways , in our language, through our cultures. Some have challenged this, others tried to steal money raised by Dr Meegan, others have tried to steal even our work. Because we own the projects, ICROSS can not be stolen, it is ours. The day will come when all development will be driven by the African communities. We the Maasai believe in determining our own ideas of change. We will not accept ideas imposed without us. Dr Michael Meegan has lived among us, learnt our culture, our language we encourage others to do the same. " Speaking among the Maasai today, the Maasai leader, now ICROSS ambassador at large said " We welcome those who respect our culture, our traditions and our ways. We want people to learn from us, experience our civilisation and our way of life, you are welcome to see our work and the special approach of ICROSS which belongs to the way of life of our people"
Dr Michael Meegan added " Saitaga has worked with us gor many years and is deeply loved and respected across the Maasai communities and clans in all districts, he knows our programmes for decades and is a dynamic witness to how the ICROSS model has worked over generations"
ICROSS, which stands for "the International Community for the Relief of Suffering and Starvation" is a Kenyan-based non-governmental organization founded by Michael Meegan, Joseph Barnes and Thomas O'Riordan which specialises in long term primary health, community health care and public health programmes. The organisation's headquarters are based in Ngong, Rift Valley, Kenya. ICROSS www.icrossinternational.org . ICROSS has a long established research programme with a number of different patrners and research collaborators.
[edit] Activities
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
Peter Saitaga, one of Kenya's most famous Maasai leaders has joined ICROSS. P Ole Saitaga who represents Maasai tribal communities across the vast savannah has been an ambassador of the Maasai around the World. Together with the Zulu, the Maasai are the two tribes that are known by everyone. Of the 6,000 tribes in Africa, few are as respected or known as the Maasai. P Ole Saitaga has worked with communities served by ICROSS for over 25 years. He is now the ICROSS community representative and spokesperson for ICROSS rural development projects. ICROSS works across a vast terrain spanning over 26,400 square Kms of Africas great Rift Valley.
Together with other elders and Maasai leaders the community spokesman said " We have worked closely since 1983 with Dr Mike Meegan and ICROSS, ICROSS is Maasai, Maasai is ICROSS. the great success of our projects is that we the communities own the work. Many people are jealous of the great success of our work. Many see the Maasai projects created through ICROSS as a wonderful way of rethinking AID and development. ICROSS is about us , about the people, in our ways , in our language, through our cultures. Some have challenged this, others tried to steal money raised by Dr Meegan, others have tried to steal even our work. Because we own the projects, ICROSS can not be stolen, it is ours. The day will come when all development will be driven by the African communities. We the Maasai believe in determining our own ideas of change. We will not accept ideas imposed without us. Dr Michael Meegan has lived among us, learnt our culture, our language we encourage others to do the same. " Speaking among the Maasai today, the Maasai leader, now ICROSS ambassador at large said " We welcome those who respect our culture, our traditions and our ways. We want people to learn from us, experience our civilisation and our way of life, you are welcome to see our work and the special approach of ICROSS which belongs to the way of life of our people"
Dr Michael Meegan added " Saitaga has worked with us gor many years and is deeply loved and respected across the Maasai communities and clans in all districts, he knows our programmes for decades and is a dynamic witness to how the ICROSS model has worked over generations"
ICROSS, which stands for "the International Community for the Relief of Suffering and Starvation" is a Kenyan-based non-governmental organization founded by Michael Meegan, Joseph Barnes and Thomas O'Riordan which specialises in long term primary health, community health care and public health programmes. The organisation's headquarters are based in Ngong, Rift Valley, Kenya. ICROSS www.icrossinternational.org . ICROSS has a long established research programme with a number of different patrners and research collaborators.
[edit] Activities
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
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Keeping in touch with ICROSS Programmes
As we extend our rural health programmes and activities we are also improving ways of sharing our work with friends and donors.
Our International web site is www.icrossinternational.org
We are replacing www.icrosskenya.org with a new site www.icross-africa.net
We are on facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=67269670621 and http://www.facebook.com/pages/Icross/214121631935136
and will shortly launch a new discussion forum and help line in Kenya. you can follow us on twitter at IcrossAfrica
For more about ICROSS and our work in Africa please check out our sites and follow our work
ICROSS, which stands for "the International Community for the Relief of Suffering and Starvation" is a Kenyan-based non-governmental organization founded by Michael Meegan, Joseph Barnes and Thomas O'Riordan which specialises in long term primary health, community health care and public health programmes. The organisation's headquarters are based in Ngong, Rift Valley, Kenya. ICROSS www.icrossinternational.org . ICROSS has a long established research programme with a number of different patrners and research collaborators.
[edit] Activities
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
Friday, April 15, 2011
Compassion as an ICROSS Value,
" Be kind, always be kind, everyone we meet needs a little more kindness, a little more compassion. You can lighten their load, touch their hearts , bring just a little more joy into their journey. Be kind , always , always be kind"
Michael Meegan ALL WILL BE WELL
International Director ICROSS
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
www.michaelmeegan.com
Michael Meegan ALL WILL BE WELL
International Director ICROSS
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
www.michaelmeegan.com
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Michael Meegan Founder ICROSS Kenya
Michael Elmore-Meegan, also known as Michael Meegan,[1] (born 26 March 1959) is the co-founder of the International Community for Relief Of Starvation and Suffering (ICROSS),[2] an aid agency operating in East Africa that describes itself as "a small international organisation working to fight poverty and disease in the poorest parts of the world."[3] Meegan also co-founded an Irish branch of the charity known as Icross Ltd, which broke with Meegan in 2010.[4] ICROSS Kenya's website currently lists "Dr. Michael Elmore Meegan - Founder and International Director ICROSS."[5]
At age twenty, he went to Kenya where he began to work among the Masai people to address village devastated by diseases such as malaria, tuberculous, and, eventually AIDS.[10] This work led him to found ICROSS and begin advocating for the poor villagers with whom he worked.[11] Under Meegan's leadership, ICROSS worked with a number of other organization on Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland led project to develop a Solar water disinfection system that could be used by village households.[12]
In the 2000s, Meegan became a prominent figure in Ireland whose fundraising activities for ICROSS attracted the public support of former Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald and entertainment celebrities such as Elton John, Chris de Burgh, Caroline Corr, and Andrea Corr.[13] His writing and charitable activity brought him Ireland's well-regarded 2003 International Person of the Year Award presented in a nationally televised ceremony by the Irish charity Rehab.[14]
In May 2005, Ireland's state owned RTE televised a documentary about Meegan entitled When You Say 4000 Goodbyes.[15] After the broadcast, Meegan's charity ICROSS received 400,000 euros in donations.[16] On 19 November 2005, When You Say 4000 Goodbyes. was shown at Harvard University's prestigious Magners Irish Film Festival.[17] On 5 May 2006, the documentary won the Radharc Award 2006 for the "documentary programme of outstanding quality which addresses a national or international topic of social justice, morality or faith."[18]
On 7 April 2006, he was honored with an honorary degree from the National University of Ireland in a ceremony at the ornate Royal Hospital Kilmainham where other honorees included actor Martin Sheen, Philip Treacy (millner to celebrities including Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall), and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Louise Arbour.[19] On 5 December 2007, Meegan spoke at RedR UK's conference entitled Future Shocks: disasters and relief in a changing world on the same platform as the charity's British president
Publications
• Conroy, Ronán M.; & Michael Elmore Meegan. Dwindling Donor Aid for Health Programmes in Developing Countries, The Lancet, 14 May 1994.[32]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; Michael Elmore-Meegan, Tina M. Joyce, Kevin G. McGuigan & Joseph Barnes. Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water and Diarrhoea in Maasai Children: A Controlled Field Trial, The Lancet, 21 December 1996.[33]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; Michael Elmore Meegan, Tina M. Joyce, Kevin G. McGuigan & Joseph Barnes. Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water Protects Against Cholera in Children Under 6 Years of Age, Archives of Disease in Childhood, October 2001.[34]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; Michael Elmore Meegan, Tina M. Joyce, Kevin G. McGuigan & Joseph Barnes. Solar Disinfection of Water Reduces Diarrhoeal Disease: An Update, Archives of Disease in Childhood, October 1999.[35]
• Elmore-Meegan, Michael; Ronán M. Conroy & C. Bernard Agala. Sex Workers In Kenya, Numbers Of Clients and Associated Risks: An Exploratory Survey, Reproductive Health Matters, May 2004.[36]
• Joyce, Tina M.; Kevin G. McGuigan, Michael Elmore-Meegan, & Ronán M. Conroy. Inactivation of Fecal Bacteria in Drinking Water by Solar Heating, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 1996.[37]
• Konings, E.; , R.M. Anderson, Donald Morley, T. O'Riordan, Michael Meegan. Rates of Sexual Partner Change Among Two Pastoralist Southern Nilotic Groups in East Africa, AIDS, Londond, England, April 1989.[38]
• Mccormick, James; & Michael Elmore-Meegan. Maasai Diet, The Lancet, 24 October 1992.[39]
• McGuigan, Kevin G.; Tina M. Joyce, Ronán M. Conroy, J.B. Gillespie, & Michael Elmore-Meegan. Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water Contained in Transparent Plastic Bottles: Characterizing the Bacterial Inactivation Process, Journal of Applied Microbiology, June 1998.[40]
• Meegan, Michael; & Manuel Scrima (Photographer). 100 Ways to Change the World, London: Eye Books, 1 March 2011 (anticipated)[41]
• Meegan, Michael. All Shall Be Well: On Compassion and Love, London: Fount, 13 Oct 1986.[42]
• Meegan, Michael. All Will Be Well, London: Eye Books, 15 May 2004[43]
• Meegan, Michael. Changing the World from the Inside Out: Connecting Your Intellegences, London: Eye Books, 30 November 2007[44]
• Meegan, Michael; Donald C. Morley, & R. Brown. Child Weighing by the Unschooled: A Report of a Controlled Study of Growth Monitoring Over 12 Months of Maasai Children Using Direct Recording Scales, Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November–December 1994.[45]
• Meegan, Michael Elmore; Ronán M. Conroy, Sarune Ole Lengeny, Kate Renhaul, & J Nyangole. Effect On Neonatal Tetanus Mortality After A Culturally-Based Health Promotion Programme, The Lancet, 25 August 2001.[46]
• Meegan, Michael; & David Morley. Growth Monitoring: Family Participation: Effective Community Development, Tropical Doctor, January 1999.[47]
• Meegan, Michael; & James, McCormick. Prevention of Disease in the Poor World, The Lancet, 16 July 1988.[48]
• Meegan, Michael. The Reality of Starvation and Disease, The Lancet, 17 January 1981.[49]
• Meegan, Michael. Rethinking Famine Relief, The Lancet, 21 November 1992.[50]
• Meegan, Michael. Starvation and Suffering, The Lancet, 31 December 1983.[51]
• Meegan, Michael. Surprised by Joy: Out of the Darkness - Light, a Story of Hope in the Midst of Tragedy, Dunboyne, Ireland: Maverick House, 2 May 2006[52]
Meegan, Michael; & Sharon At age twenty, he went to Kenya where he began to work among the Masai people to address village devastated by diseases such as malaria, tuberculous, and, eventually AIDS.[10] This work led him to found ICROSS and begin advocating for the poor villagers with whom he worked.[11] Under Meegan's leadership, ICROSS worked with a number of other organization on Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland led project to develop a Solar water disinfection system that could be used by village households.[12]
In the 2000s, Meegan became a prominent figure in Ireland whose fundraising activities for ICROSS attracted the public support of former Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald and entertainment celebrities such as Elton John, Chris de Burgh, Caroline Corr, and Andrea Corr.[13] His writing and charitable activity brought him Ireland's well-regarded 2003 International Person of the Year Award presented in a nationally televised ceremony by the Irish charity Rehab.[14]
In May 2005, Ireland's state owned RTE televised a documentary about Meegan entitled When You Say 4000 Goodbyes.[15] After the broadcast, Meegan's charity ICROSS received 400,000 euros in donations.[16] On 19 November 2005, When You Say 4000 Goodbyes. was shown at Harvard University's prestigious Magners Irish Film Festival.[17] On 5 May 2006, the documentary won the Radharc Award 2006 for the "documentary programme of outstanding quality which addresses a national or international topic of social justice, morality or faith."[18]
On 7 April 2006, he was honored with an honorary degree from the National University of Ireland in a ceremony at the ornate Royal Hospital Kilmainham where other honorees included actor Martin Sheen, Philip Treacy (millner to celebrities including Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall), and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Louise Arbour.[19] On 5 December 2007, Meegan spoke at RedR UK's conference entitled Future Shocks: disasters and relief in a changing world on the same platform as the charity's British president HRH The Princess Royal.[20]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; & Michael Elmore Meegan. Dwindling Donor Aid for Health Programmes in Developing Countries, The Lancet, 14 May 1994.[32]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; Michael Elmore-Meegan, Tina M. Joyce, Kevin G. McGuigan & Joseph Barnes. Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water and Diarrhoea in Maasai Children: A Controlled Field Trial, The Lancet, 21 December 1996.[33]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; Michael Elmore Meegan, Tina M. Joyce, Kevin G. McGuigan & Joseph Barnes. Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water Protects Against Cholera in Children Under 6 Years of Age, Archives of Disease in Childhood, October 2001.[34]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; Michael Elmore Meegan, Tina M. Joyce, Kevin G. McGuigan & Joseph Barnes. Solar Disinfection of Water Reduces Diarrhoeal Disease: An Update, Archives of Disease in Childhood, October 1999.[35]
• Elmore-Meegan, Michael; Ronán M. Conroy & C. Bernard Agala. Sex Workers In Kenya, Numbers Of Clients and Associated Risks: An Exploratory Survey, Reproductive Health Matters, May 2004.[36]
• Joyce, Tina M.; Kevin G. McGuigan, Michael Elmore-Meegan, & Ronán M. Conroy. Inactivation of Fecal Bacteria in Drinking Water by Solar Heating, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 1996.[37]
• Konings, E.; , R.M. Anderson, Donald Morley, T. O'Riordan, Michael Meegan. Rates of Sexual Partner Change Among Two Pastoralist Southern Nilotic Groups in East Africa, AIDS, Londond, England, April 1989.[38]
• Mccormick, James; & Michael Elmore-Meegan. Maasai Diet, The Lancet, 24 October 1992.[39]
• McGuigan, Kevin G.; Tina M. Joyce, Ronán M. Conroy, J.B. Gillespie, & Michael Elmore-Meegan. Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water Contained in Transparent Plastic Bottles: Characterizing the Bacterial Inactivation Process, Journal of Applied Microbiology, June 1998.[40]
• Meegan, Michael; & Manuel Scrima (Photographer). 100 Ways to Change the World, London: Eye Books, 1 March 2011 (anticipated)[41]
• Meegan, Michael. All Shall Be Well: On Compassion and Love, London: Fount, 13 Oct 1986.[42]
• Meegan, Michael. All Will Be Well, London: Eye Books, 15 May 2004[43]
• Meegan, Michael. Changing the World from the Inside Out: Connecting Your Intellegences, London: Eye Books, 30 November 2007[44]
• Meegan, Michael; Donald C. Morley, & R. Brown. Child Weighing by the Unschooled: A Report of a Controlled Study of Growth Monitoring Over 12 Months of Maasai Children Using Direct Recording Scales, Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November–December 1994.[45]
• Meegan, Michael Elmore; Ronán M. Conroy, Sarune Ole Lengeny, Kate Renhaul, & J Nyangole. Effect On Neonatal Tetanus Mortality After A Culturally-Based Health Promotion Programme, The Lancet, 25 August 2001.[46]
• Meegan, Michael; & David Morley. Growth Monitoring: Family Participation: Effective Community Development, Tropical Doctor, January 1999.[47]
• Meegan, Michael; & James, McCormick. Prevention of Disease in the Poor World, The Lancet, 16 July 1988.[48]
• Meegan, Michael. The Reality of Starvation and Disease, The Lancet, 17 January 1981.[49]
• Meegan, Michael. Rethinking Famine Relief, The Lancet, 21 November 1992.[50]
• Meegan, Michael. Starvation and Suffering, The Lancet, 31 December 1983.[51]
• Meegan, Michael. Surprised by Joy: Out of the Darkness - Light, a Story of Hope in the Midst of Tragedy, Dunboyne, Ireland: Maverick House, 2 May 2006[52]
• Meegan, Michael; & Sharon Wilinson. Take My Hand 2008.[53]
• Meegan, Michael; & Colin Meagle. Tribe of One: A Guide to Personal Happiness, London: Eye Books, 11 July 2011 (anticipated)[54]
• Meegan, Mike; David Morley, & Desmond Chavasse. Fly Traps, The Lancet, 22 March 1997.[55]
• Wilinson. Take My Hand 2008.[53]
• Meegan, Michael; & Colin Meagle. Tribe of One: A Guide to Personal Happiness, London: Eye Books, 11 July 2011 (anticipated)[54]
• Meegan, Mike; David Morley, & Desmond Chavasse. Fly Traps, The Lancet, 22 March 1997.[55]
ICROSS, which stands for "the International Community for the Relief of Suffering and Starvation" is a Kenyan-based non-governmental organization founded by Michael Meegan, Joseph Barnes
which specialises in long term primary health, community health care and public health programmes. The organisation's headquarters are based in Ngong, Rift Valley, Kenya. ICROSS www.icrossinternational.org . ICROSS has a long established research programme with a number of different patners and research collaborators.
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
[edit] Research
Published research conducted by ICROSS includes:
1 Elmore-Meegan M, Conroy RM, Agala CB. Sex workers in Kenya, numbers of clients and associated risks: an exploratory survey. Reprod Health Matters 2004;12(23):50-7.
2 Meegan ME, Conroy RM, Lengeny SO, Renhault K, Nyangole J. Effect on neonatal tetanus mortality after a culturally-based health promotion programme. Lancet 2001;358(9282):640-1.
3 Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar disinfection of drinking water protects against cholera in children under 6 years of age. Arch Dis Child 2001;85(4):293-5.
4 Meegan M, Morley DC. Growth monitoring: family participation: effective community development. Trop Doct 1999;29(1):23-7.
5 Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar disinfection of water reduces diarrhoeal disease: an update. Arch Dis Child 1999;81(4):337-8.
6 Meegan M, Morley D, Chavasse D. Fly traps. Lancet 1997;349(9055):886.
7 Meegan M, Morley DC, Brown R. Child weighing by the unschooled: a report of a controlled study of growth monitoring over 12 months of Maasai children using direct recording scales. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1994;88(6):635-7.
8 Conroy RM, Meegan ME. Dwindling donor aid for health programmes in developing countries. Lancet 1994;343(8907):1228-9.
9 Meegan MK. Rethinking famine relief. Lancet 1992;340(8830):1293-4.
10 Konings E, Anderson RM, Morley D, O'Riordan T, Meegan M. Rates of sexual partner change among two pastoralist southern Nilotic groups in east Africa. Aids 1989;3(4):245-7.
11 Meegan M, McCormick J. Prevention of disease in the poor world. Lancet 1988;2(8603):152-3.
12 Meegan M. Starvation and suffering. Lancet 1983;2(8365-66):1506.
13 Meegan M. The reality of starvation and disease. Lancet 1981;1 (8212):146.
At age twenty, he went to Kenya where he began to work among the Masai people to address village devastated by diseases such as malaria, tuberculous, and, eventually AIDS.[10] This work led him to found ICROSS and begin advocating for the poor villagers with whom he worked.[11] Under Meegan's leadership, ICROSS worked with a number of other organization on Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland led project to develop a Solar water disinfection system that could be used by village households.[12]
In the 2000s, Meegan became a prominent figure in Ireland whose fundraising activities for ICROSS attracted the public support of former Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald and entertainment celebrities such as Elton John, Chris de Burgh, Caroline Corr, and Andrea Corr.[13] His writing and charitable activity brought him Ireland's well-regarded 2003 International Person of the Year Award presented in a nationally televised ceremony by the Irish charity Rehab.[14]
In May 2005, Ireland's state owned RTE televised a documentary about Meegan entitled When You Say 4000 Goodbyes.[15] After the broadcast, Meegan's charity ICROSS received 400,000 euros in donations.[16] On 19 November 2005, When You Say 4000 Goodbyes. was shown at Harvard University's prestigious Magners Irish Film Festival.[17] On 5 May 2006, the documentary won the Radharc Award 2006 for the "documentary programme of outstanding quality which addresses a national or international topic of social justice, morality or faith."[18]
On 7 April 2006, he was honored with an honorary degree from the National University of Ireland in a ceremony at the ornate Royal Hospital Kilmainham where other honorees included actor Martin Sheen, Philip Treacy (millner to celebrities including Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall), and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Louise Arbour.[19] On 5 December 2007, Meegan spoke at RedR UK's conference entitled Future Shocks: disasters and relief in a changing world on the same platform as the charity's British president
Publications
• Conroy, Ronán M.; & Michael Elmore Meegan. Dwindling Donor Aid for Health Programmes in Developing Countries, The Lancet, 14 May 1994.[32]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; Michael Elmore-Meegan, Tina M. Joyce, Kevin G. McGuigan & Joseph Barnes. Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water and Diarrhoea in Maasai Children: A Controlled Field Trial, The Lancet, 21 December 1996.[33]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; Michael Elmore Meegan, Tina M. Joyce, Kevin G. McGuigan & Joseph Barnes. Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water Protects Against Cholera in Children Under 6 Years of Age, Archives of Disease in Childhood, October 2001.[34]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; Michael Elmore Meegan, Tina M. Joyce, Kevin G. McGuigan & Joseph Barnes. Solar Disinfection of Water Reduces Diarrhoeal Disease: An Update, Archives of Disease in Childhood, October 1999.[35]
• Elmore-Meegan, Michael; Ronán M. Conroy & C. Bernard Agala. Sex Workers In Kenya, Numbers Of Clients and Associated Risks: An Exploratory Survey, Reproductive Health Matters, May 2004.[36]
• Joyce, Tina M.; Kevin G. McGuigan, Michael Elmore-Meegan, & Ronán M. Conroy. Inactivation of Fecal Bacteria in Drinking Water by Solar Heating, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 1996.[37]
• Konings, E.; , R.M. Anderson, Donald Morley, T. O'Riordan, Michael Meegan. Rates of Sexual Partner Change Among Two Pastoralist Southern Nilotic Groups in East Africa, AIDS, Londond, England, April 1989.[38]
• Mccormick, James; & Michael Elmore-Meegan. Maasai Diet, The Lancet, 24 October 1992.[39]
• McGuigan, Kevin G.; Tina M. Joyce, Ronán M. Conroy, J.B. Gillespie, & Michael Elmore-Meegan. Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water Contained in Transparent Plastic Bottles: Characterizing the Bacterial Inactivation Process, Journal of Applied Microbiology, June 1998.[40]
• Meegan, Michael; & Manuel Scrima (Photographer). 100 Ways to Change the World, London: Eye Books, 1 March 2011 (anticipated)[41]
• Meegan, Michael. All Shall Be Well: On Compassion and Love, London: Fount, 13 Oct 1986.[42]
• Meegan, Michael. All Will Be Well, London: Eye Books, 15 May 2004[43]
• Meegan, Michael. Changing the World from the Inside Out: Connecting Your Intellegences, London: Eye Books, 30 November 2007[44]
• Meegan, Michael; Donald C. Morley, & R. Brown. Child Weighing by the Unschooled: A Report of a Controlled Study of Growth Monitoring Over 12 Months of Maasai Children Using Direct Recording Scales, Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November–December 1994.[45]
• Meegan, Michael Elmore; Ronán M. Conroy, Sarune Ole Lengeny, Kate Renhaul, & J Nyangole. Effect On Neonatal Tetanus Mortality After A Culturally-Based Health Promotion Programme, The Lancet, 25 August 2001.[46]
• Meegan, Michael; & David Morley. Growth Monitoring: Family Participation: Effective Community Development, Tropical Doctor, January 1999.[47]
• Meegan, Michael; & James, McCormick. Prevention of Disease in the Poor World, The Lancet, 16 July 1988.[48]
• Meegan, Michael. The Reality of Starvation and Disease, The Lancet, 17 January 1981.[49]
• Meegan, Michael. Rethinking Famine Relief, The Lancet, 21 November 1992.[50]
• Meegan, Michael. Starvation and Suffering, The Lancet, 31 December 1983.[51]
• Meegan, Michael. Surprised by Joy: Out of the Darkness - Light, a Story of Hope in the Midst of Tragedy, Dunboyne, Ireland: Maverick House, 2 May 2006[52]
Meegan, Michael; & Sharon At age twenty, he went to Kenya where he began to work among the Masai people to address village devastated by diseases such as malaria, tuberculous, and, eventually AIDS.[10] This work led him to found ICROSS and begin advocating for the poor villagers with whom he worked.[11] Under Meegan's leadership, ICROSS worked with a number of other organization on Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland led project to develop a Solar water disinfection system that could be used by village households.[12]
In the 2000s, Meegan became a prominent figure in Ireland whose fundraising activities for ICROSS attracted the public support of former Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald and entertainment celebrities such as Elton John, Chris de Burgh, Caroline Corr, and Andrea Corr.[13] His writing and charitable activity brought him Ireland's well-regarded 2003 International Person of the Year Award presented in a nationally televised ceremony by the Irish charity Rehab.[14]
In May 2005, Ireland's state owned RTE televised a documentary about Meegan entitled When You Say 4000 Goodbyes.[15] After the broadcast, Meegan's charity ICROSS received 400,000 euros in donations.[16] On 19 November 2005, When You Say 4000 Goodbyes. was shown at Harvard University's prestigious Magners Irish Film Festival.[17] On 5 May 2006, the documentary won the Radharc Award 2006 for the "documentary programme of outstanding quality which addresses a national or international topic of social justice, morality or faith."[18]
On 7 April 2006, he was honored with an honorary degree from the National University of Ireland in a ceremony at the ornate Royal Hospital Kilmainham where other honorees included actor Martin Sheen, Philip Treacy (millner to celebrities including Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall), and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Louise Arbour.[19] On 5 December 2007, Meegan spoke at RedR UK's conference entitled Future Shocks: disasters and relief in a changing world on the same platform as the charity's British president HRH The Princess Royal.[20]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; & Michael Elmore Meegan. Dwindling Donor Aid for Health Programmes in Developing Countries, The Lancet, 14 May 1994.[32]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; Michael Elmore-Meegan, Tina M. Joyce, Kevin G. McGuigan & Joseph Barnes. Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water and Diarrhoea in Maasai Children: A Controlled Field Trial, The Lancet, 21 December 1996.[33]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; Michael Elmore Meegan, Tina M. Joyce, Kevin G. McGuigan & Joseph Barnes. Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water Protects Against Cholera in Children Under 6 Years of Age, Archives of Disease in Childhood, October 2001.[34]
• Conroy, Ronán M.; Michael Elmore Meegan, Tina M. Joyce, Kevin G. McGuigan & Joseph Barnes. Solar Disinfection of Water Reduces Diarrhoeal Disease: An Update, Archives of Disease in Childhood, October 1999.[35]
• Elmore-Meegan, Michael; Ronán M. Conroy & C. Bernard Agala. Sex Workers In Kenya, Numbers Of Clients and Associated Risks: An Exploratory Survey, Reproductive Health Matters, May 2004.[36]
• Joyce, Tina M.; Kevin G. McGuigan, Michael Elmore-Meegan, & Ronán M. Conroy. Inactivation of Fecal Bacteria in Drinking Water by Solar Heating, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 1996.[37]
• Konings, E.; , R.M. Anderson, Donald Morley, T. O'Riordan, Michael Meegan. Rates of Sexual Partner Change Among Two Pastoralist Southern Nilotic Groups in East Africa, AIDS, Londond, England, April 1989.[38]
• Mccormick, James; & Michael Elmore-Meegan. Maasai Diet, The Lancet, 24 October 1992.[39]
• McGuigan, Kevin G.; Tina M. Joyce, Ronán M. Conroy, J.B. Gillespie, & Michael Elmore-Meegan. Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water Contained in Transparent Plastic Bottles: Characterizing the Bacterial Inactivation Process, Journal of Applied Microbiology, June 1998.[40]
• Meegan, Michael; & Manuel Scrima (Photographer). 100 Ways to Change the World, London: Eye Books, 1 March 2011 (anticipated)[41]
• Meegan, Michael. All Shall Be Well: On Compassion and Love, London: Fount, 13 Oct 1986.[42]
• Meegan, Michael. All Will Be Well, London: Eye Books, 15 May 2004[43]
• Meegan, Michael. Changing the World from the Inside Out: Connecting Your Intellegences, London: Eye Books, 30 November 2007[44]
• Meegan, Michael; Donald C. Morley, & R. Brown. Child Weighing by the Unschooled: A Report of a Controlled Study of Growth Monitoring Over 12 Months of Maasai Children Using Direct Recording Scales, Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November–December 1994.[45]
• Meegan, Michael Elmore; Ronán M. Conroy, Sarune Ole Lengeny, Kate Renhaul, & J Nyangole. Effect On Neonatal Tetanus Mortality After A Culturally-Based Health Promotion Programme, The Lancet, 25 August 2001.[46]
• Meegan, Michael; & David Morley. Growth Monitoring: Family Participation: Effective Community Development, Tropical Doctor, January 1999.[47]
• Meegan, Michael; & James, McCormick. Prevention of Disease in the Poor World, The Lancet, 16 July 1988.[48]
• Meegan, Michael. The Reality of Starvation and Disease, The Lancet, 17 January 1981.[49]
• Meegan, Michael. Rethinking Famine Relief, The Lancet, 21 November 1992.[50]
• Meegan, Michael. Starvation and Suffering, The Lancet, 31 December 1983.[51]
• Meegan, Michael. Surprised by Joy: Out of the Darkness - Light, a Story of Hope in the Midst of Tragedy, Dunboyne, Ireland: Maverick House, 2 May 2006[52]
• Meegan, Michael; & Sharon Wilinson. Take My Hand 2008.[53]
• Meegan, Michael; & Colin Meagle. Tribe of One: A Guide to Personal Happiness, London: Eye Books, 11 July 2011 (anticipated)[54]
• Meegan, Mike; David Morley, & Desmond Chavasse. Fly Traps, The Lancet, 22 March 1997.[55]
• Wilinson. Take My Hand 2008.[53]
• Meegan, Michael; & Colin Meagle. Tribe of One: A Guide to Personal Happiness, London: Eye Books, 11 July 2011 (anticipated)[54]
• Meegan, Mike; David Morley, & Desmond Chavasse. Fly Traps, The Lancet, 22 March 1997.[55]
ICROSS, which stands for "the International Community for the Relief of Suffering and Starvation" is a Kenyan-based non-governmental organization founded by Michael Meegan, Joseph Barnes
which specialises in long term primary health, community health care and public health programmes. The organisation's headquarters are based in Ngong, Rift Valley, Kenya. ICROSS www.icrossinternational.org . ICROSS has a long established research programme with a number of different patners and research collaborators.
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
[edit] Research
Published research conducted by ICROSS includes:
1 Elmore-Meegan M, Conroy RM, Agala CB. Sex workers in Kenya, numbers of clients and associated risks: an exploratory survey. Reprod Health Matters 2004;12(23):50-7.
2 Meegan ME, Conroy RM, Lengeny SO, Renhault K, Nyangole J. Effect on neonatal tetanus mortality after a culturally-based health promotion programme. Lancet 2001;358(9282):640-1.
3 Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar disinfection of drinking water protects against cholera in children under 6 years of age. Arch Dis Child 2001;85(4):293-5.
4 Meegan M, Morley DC. Growth monitoring: family participation: effective community development. Trop Doct 1999;29(1):23-7.
5 Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar disinfection of water reduces diarrhoeal disease: an update. Arch Dis Child 1999;81(4):337-8.
6 Meegan M, Morley D, Chavasse D. Fly traps. Lancet 1997;349(9055):886.
7 Meegan M, Morley DC, Brown R. Child weighing by the unschooled: a report of a controlled study of growth monitoring over 12 months of Maasai children using direct recording scales. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1994;88(6):635-7.
8 Conroy RM, Meegan ME. Dwindling donor aid for health programmes in developing countries. Lancet 1994;343(8907):1228-9.
9 Meegan MK. Rethinking famine relief. Lancet 1992;340(8830):1293-4.
10 Konings E, Anderson RM, Morley D, O'Riordan T, Meegan M. Rates of sexual partner change among two pastoralist southern Nilotic groups in east Africa. Aids 1989;3(4):245-7.
11 Meegan M, McCormick J. Prevention of disease in the poor world. Lancet 1988;2(8603):152-3.
12 Meegan M. Starvation and suffering. Lancet 1983;2(8365-66):1506.
13 Meegan M. The reality of starvation and disease. Lancet 1981;1 (8212):146.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Reflections Dr Mike Meegan Founder
" How we deal with pain, loss, problems depends on how clearly we know our own centre . We need to absorb the anger of another to be wounded by it."
Michael Meegan
Changing the World
www.michaelmeegan.com
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
www.eye-books.com
"We need to accept the energy to be scarred by unkindness . In each moment we have a critical choice, to allow events and external forces determine our joy , How we feel . "
Michael Meegan
Changing the World
www.michaelmeegan.com
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
www.eye-books.com
" If we allow others to manipulate our emotions or change our inner thoughts, we allow them to alter our experience. This can shift our nature taking away personal happiness."
Michael Meegan
Changing the World
www.michaelmeegan.com
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
www.eye-books.com
" The more we understand that we alone decide to be happy , not those around us. "
Michael Meegan
Changing the World
www.michaelmeegan.com
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
www.eye-books.com
"We so often hear "you must feel terrible...". "poor you...." , " you Must be shattered.." it is a language of anxiety , it implies how you should be feeling within the narrow limits of how people manage situations in their own movie . They want you to be in their map of expected reaction and effect . We can break free of this trap by learning to reject patterns that build negative language and negative reactions"
Michael Meegan
Changing the World
www.michaelmeegan.com
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
www.eye-books.com
"We are already eternal, the same spark as the dawn of creation. We are of the same power that is light , the same force that is love . We are of the same spirit that is our inevitable destiny , beginning.already eternal "
Michael Meegan
Changing the World
www.michaelmeegan.com
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
www.eye-books.com
Sunday, January 23, 2011
ICROSS Mother and Child health and infant care programmeas 2011
ICROSS and women’s health programmes , creating long term change 2011
2010 marks a significant milestone as we reach 30 years of public health programmes. When Dr Joe Barnes and I began our work, we never realised that it would become such a significant contribution in reducing poverty and disease. In this annual review, we will look back on some of the highlights over the last thirty years. Before looking at the new challenges, as we build the organization over the next decade. Together with our friends and partners, we have managed to extend our long term public health programmes despite extraordinary challenges and demand on our limited resources thanks to the dedication of hundreds of volunteers.
We have been able to achieve improved health services and significant reductions in water borne diseases. The great strength of ICROSS has always been a unique combination of long term commitment and evidence based research. Because we built all of our work through our local belief systems and traditions, this year has shown how effective the ICROSS model can be. This report marks a further milestone following the restructuring of the charity like all dynamic organizations we are constantly incorporating new ideas and improved practices. This report outlines a series of new steps we have taken to prepare ICROSS for the years ahead. On behalf of Dr Evan Sequiera and our board of directors, as well as our programmes and management teams, I thank you for sharing our work in this annual report.
Over 35% of children in ICROSS projects are underweight or stunted. Kenya has a population of 36.b million. Its life expectancy is 35 and falling. The average age of Kenyans is 17 years old and the chances of dying before the age of 30 are ten times higher than living in Europe. ICROSS remains committed from the last 30 years to the improvement of health in vulnerable communities and tribal groups. ICROSS has worked over the decades with many endangered tribes suffering from high infant mortality and maternal deaths. Infant mortality in Kenya in 2009 was 55 per 1000 compared with 4.6 per 1000 in the UK. With infant disease 200 times higher than in Western Europe, ICROSS is dedicated to reducing this suffering. In Finland, infant mortality rate is 3.47 per 1000, France, 3.3 per 1000. Kenya ranks 181st in the world with one of the highest death rates in East Africa.
Together with a strong policy of holistic obstetrics and gynaecology, ICROSS is building sustainable women’s health. For 15 years
Dr Michael Meegan, Founder
SAFE MOTHERHOOD
A critical part of improving health care is the priorities for safe motherhood. As part f ICROSS’ campaign for advocating for mothers rights, we focus on empowering mothers and involving them in decision making. As part of the millennium goals, we are committed to reducing maternal deaths. Together with our partners, we understand that basic health care alone is not sufficient to improve safe motherhood. Maasai mothers often have their first child at the age of 17yrs. ICROSS seeks to delay marriage and first birth. This campaign has been effective and has attributed to more girls staying in school. Through community based education in the local language, we are encouraging families to delay marriages and first birth until girls complete their education.
Risks in pregnancies: there are many life threatening complications and risks that occur in pregnancy. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest death rate in the world. It is essential that all pregnant women have access to a qualified midwife. They require guidance and support during their pregnancy and after child birth.
Improved delivery: ICROSS is working to establish the most critical intervention of safe motherhood. This is to ensure skilled delivery at birth. ICROSS remains committed to building maternity units in all its clinics Reproductive health services: developed through local culture and language, we continue to provide high quality reproductive health services. These interventions are culturally sensitive and help individuals and communities be empowered by making their own choices. Since Sharon Wilkinson introduced reproductive health education into ICROSS health programmes in 1993, we have continued to provide education and information in homes, villages and clinics.
Prevention of unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion: over 75 million unwanted pregnancies occur every year; mostly in the poor world. Without effective family planning, unsafe abortions can kill and cause permanent harm. By ensuring effective family planning, contraceptive advice and trained counselling, we can greatly reduce risk.
Safe Motherhood Research: for 30 years, ICROSS has studied the impact of its safe motherhood programme. The longest and most significant of these studies took 20 years to complete. This study examined the reduction of no natal tetanus in new born children.
Partnerships in Safe Motherhood: in 2010, ICROSS extended its network of community based organisations, women’s groups and self help societies. Together with a growing number of partners including the ministry of health, we have continued to strengthen our capacity to provide safe motherhood.
CHILD SURVIVAL
Every day, over 30,000 children under 5years die from preventable causes. The vast majority of these deaths cost very little to prevent or treat. With over 30% of Maasai children endemically malnourished, it weakens their ability to fight illness. More than a third of all child deaths are related to malnutrition in the poor world.
The principle causes of infant deaths are neo0natel (37%), pneumonia (19%), diarrhoea (17%), and Malaria (8%). These four causes account for the great majority of preventable deaths. Our child survival programme is based upon effective immunisation, childhood nutrition and essential supplementation. The prevention diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases diarrhoea and malaria.
HYGIENE AND SANITATION
Over half of the poor world (OVER 2.5 BILLION PEOPLE) lack sanitation facilities. Over 1.6 billion do not have safe water to drink. This lack of hygiene and sanitation worsens poverty killing thousands of children every day. In rural schools, millions of girls are denied education because of the absence of private sanitation facilities. The burden of poverty is greatly increased by the lack of access to basic toilets and simple hygiene. ICROSS promotes and supports hand washing, personal cleanliness, health promotion and education.
Among these interventions is child to child, where elder children teach the younger children how to stay safe through washing. ICROSS continues to develop and build pit latrines which are ventilated and clean. It continues to provide sanitary towels to girls and improve access to water. In 2010, we extended our hygiene and sanitation education to more rural schools serving rural communities. With the help of friends and supporters, we have been able to make new commitments to build more latrines for primary schools in 2011
HIV/AIDS AND TUBERCULOSIS
Over 70% of the AIDS victims live in Africa. Africa has less than 6% of the worlds AIDS budget. The leading cause of death in adults in Africa is HIV related followed by Malaria. Both are preventable. In 2010, 2 million Africans became infected with HIV.
According to UNAIDS, 14.8 million children have lost one or both parents because of AIDS. Life expectancy had fallen by over 20 years across the continent. Kenya has one of the highest infection rates in the world; with over 1.5 million people infected (population 34.6 million).
1.2 million Children in Kenya, were orphaned by AIDS and in 2009, 80,000 people died in Kenya from AIDS related disease. HIV prevalence has reduces because of nationwide education and awareness campaigns. Only one in three patients is receiving effective treatment.
The national prevalence has fallen from 13.4 % in 2000 to 6.7% in 2008. ICROSS has been directly involved in a wide range of HIV programmes since 1992. Following the strategic plan 1995 to 2005, ICROSS implemented wide ranging prevention programmes. With AIDS education and family planning strategies, ICROSS extended its work into central and western Kenya. Following long term home care for terminal patients, ICROSS extended its support programmes tripling the number of patients reached between 1996 and 2002.
The comprehensive strategy included:
• increasing third level care facilities in three districts
• creation of comprehensive AIDS resource centres at district level
• Provision of support to over 400 community groups.
• Pioneering in Kenya, home based health care at grass roots level
• Community owned support programmes for AIDS orphans and vulnerable children
• Creation of networks to support carers • Locally developed ways of identifying
children most in need
• Emergency grant program for AIDS orphans
• Anti-retroviral drugs for AIDS orphans infected with HIV
Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection of the lung which is increasingly serious involving easily identifiable symptoms. Tuberculosis has risen sharply with 15 million sufferers at any one time in 2010. TB kills more than 1.6 million people a year (4,400 people every day, 1 person every 20 seconds). 98% of TB deaths occur in poor countries; the vast majority in Africa. Kenya has one of the highest numbers of TB victims in the world with over a third of a million. 28% of adult Tb patients also have HIV.
Since 2002, ICROSS has a specific TB support intervention programme. This programme is primarily focused in three districts; Bondo, Kisii and Nakuru and adopts the Directly Observed Therapy (D.O.T.) as part of the WHO strategy.
MALARIA
Over half of the world’s population is at risk because of Malaria. There are a million deaths caused by malaria every year but mostly in Africa. 20% of all childhood deaths in Africa are caused by Malaria. The average Kenyan child has four episodes of malaria a year. Every 30 seconds, a child dies from malaria. Africa accounts for 91% of deaths. 85% of deaths are in children under 5years old. Kenya is in the top five countries on the planet affected by Malaria; 11.34 million cases a year. Six of the millennium development goals depend on fighting malaria. Disease and death from malaria is preventable and curable.
The groups most vulnerable to malaria are young children, pregnant women, patients with HIV/AIDS. ICROSS maintains a long term strategy of research, public health, prevention, treatment and clinical referral in fighting malaria.
In 2011, we have extended our mosquito net programme over 3,500 nets. Our target in 2011 is to distribute a further 10,000 nets in our project areas. Mosquito eradication and breeding site control increased in 2010. Public health awareness programmes to reduce new cases of malaria increased in all programme areas in 2010.
With the partnership of the ministry of health, intervention programmes will increase throughout the 18 months.
PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH
Building on the effective research of solar disinfection, we have designed new and improved water projects in urban areas based upon the findings of our research team in Nakuru. Together with the Royal College of Surgeons and our network of collaborators, we have been sharing the results of the SODIS studies internationally. ICROSS Was directly involved in bringing SODIS to Cambodia through Care Cambodia.
An important part of our public health research is to share findings and results with other organisations around the world. The purpose of this research is for us to find out the best possible way of making an impact. As a dynamic learning organisation, we are constantly examining what we are doing and finding ways of doing it better.
The research team at ICROSS will be expanding in 2011 as we take on new challenges exploring new areas of public health and disease control. The research team is lead by Dr Michael Meegan with
Illustrative Research Articles and Publications
1. Elmore-Meegan M, Conroy RM, Agala CB. Sex workers in Kenya,
numbers of clients and associated risks: an exploratory survey.
Reprod Health Matters 2004;12(23):50-7.
2. Meegan ME, Conroy RM, Lengeny SO, Renhault K, Nyangole J. Effect
on neonatal tetanus mortality after a culturally-based health
promotion programme. Lancet 2001;358(9282):640-1.
3. Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar
disinfection of drinking water protects against cholera in children
under 6 years of age. Arch Dis Child 2001;85(4):293-5.
4. Meegan M, Morley DC. Growth monitoring: family participation:
effective community development. Trop Doct 1999;29(1):23-7.
5. Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar
disinfection of water reduces diarrhoeal disease: an update. Arch Dis
Child 1999;81(4):337-8.
6. Meegan M, Morley D, Chavasse D. Fly traps. Lancet 1997;349(9055):886.
7. Meegan M, Morley DC, Brown R. Child weighing by the unschooled: a
report of a controlled study of growth monitoring over 12 months of
Maasai children using direct recording scales. Trans R Soc Trop Med
Hyg 1994;88(6):635-7.
8. Conroy RM, Meegan ME. Dwindling donor aid for health programmes in
developing countries. Lancet 1994;343(8907):1228-9.
9. Meegan MK. Rethinking famine relief. Lancet 1992;340(8830):1293-4.
10. Konings E, Anderson RM, Morley D, O'Riordan T, Meegan M. Rates of
sexual partner change among two pastoralist southern Nilotic groups
in east Africa. Aids 1989;3(4):245-7.
11. Meegan M, McCormick J. Prevention of disease in the poor world.
Lancet 1988;2(8603):152-3.
12. Meegan M. Starvation and suffering. Lancet 1983;2(8365-66):1506.
13. Meegan M. The reality of starvation and disease. Lancet 1981;1
(8212):146.
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DEVELOPING ICROSS
Over 30 years ICROSS has learned to be a dynamic listening and learning engine of change. The many publications, studies and works created from our programmes have taught us four things
1. Everythingisindynamicevolution
2. All that we do needs to be a wake to the past, receptive to the present and embracing of the future
3. Humans generally are poor at learning from their experiences in order to inform future choices based on knowledge.
4. The critical contribution of ICROSS lies in the focus and clarity of its public health research
We will continue to build ICROSS international within the context of evidence based planning, long term disease control and the prevention of infectious morbidity in Africa. In 2011, we are committed to the policy of inclusion, local ownership and cultural transparency.
We remain focused on basic primary health care, gradual reduction of poverty and 20 year programmes of community based health. No short term programme has ever demonstrated a long term effect; we continue to advocate for long term strategies in the reduction of starvation and suffering.
PARTNERSHIPS
2010 saw a series of new partnerships develop with ICROSS and another 35 community based organisations collaborated with our field programmes sharing common goals to reduce poverty and suffering. Building on a long history of community ownership and inclusive planning, ICROSS teams established new and exciting links, bringing in radically new perspectives to local development. All planning is done in the local language in keeping with the ICROSS principles.
b. GOVERNANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT
ICROSS is committed to meeting the higher standards of best practice. As part of this commitment, our corporate governance policies have adapted and adopted the British Charity commission protocol requirements, stipulations, recommendations and guidelines regarding operational practice, codes of conduct and evaluation. As part of this international gold standard, ICROSS Kenya requires and demands of all of its partners a minimum of the adherence to the same international stipulations.
Available on our websites, we detail the corporate legislation and constitution that govern the transparency of ICROSS. Passed by Annual General meeting, are requirements that detail provisions and contingencies relating to the management of risk in all situations. T is the policy of ICROSS in Kenya to meet the highest standards of external scrutiny, probity and compliance. It is the policy of ICROSS to have a diligent, independent and external scrutiny of management operations and finance. As part of this commitment, in December 2010, the board of members voted two new Directors detailed at the end of the report. These are specialised in governance and law.
Learn more about ICROSS by visiting their web sites and blog
www.icrossinterational.org
www.icrosskenya.org
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
therese de la Croix
2010 marks a significant milestone as we reach 30 years of public health programmes. When Dr Joe Barnes and I began our work, we never realised that it would become such a significant contribution in reducing poverty and disease. In this annual review, we will look back on some of the highlights over the last thirty years. Before looking at the new challenges, as we build the organization over the next decade. Together with our friends and partners, we have managed to extend our long term public health programmes despite extraordinary challenges and demand on our limited resources thanks to the dedication of hundreds of volunteers.
We have been able to achieve improved health services and significant reductions in water borne diseases. The great strength of ICROSS has always been a unique combination of long term commitment and evidence based research. Because we built all of our work through our local belief systems and traditions, this year has shown how effective the ICROSS model can be. This report marks a further milestone following the restructuring of the charity like all dynamic organizations we are constantly incorporating new ideas and improved practices. This report outlines a series of new steps we have taken to prepare ICROSS for the years ahead. On behalf of Dr Evan Sequiera and our board of directors, as well as our programmes and management teams, I thank you for sharing our work in this annual report.
Over 35% of children in ICROSS projects are underweight or stunted. Kenya has a population of 36.b million. Its life expectancy is 35 and falling. The average age of Kenyans is 17 years old and the chances of dying before the age of 30 are ten times higher than living in Europe. ICROSS remains committed from the last 30 years to the improvement of health in vulnerable communities and tribal groups. ICROSS has worked over the decades with many endangered tribes suffering from high infant mortality and maternal deaths. Infant mortality in Kenya in 2009 was 55 per 1000 compared with 4.6 per 1000 in the UK. With infant disease 200 times higher than in Western Europe, ICROSS is dedicated to reducing this suffering. In Finland, infant mortality rate is 3.47 per 1000, France, 3.3 per 1000. Kenya ranks 181st in the world with one of the highest death rates in East Africa.
Together with a strong policy of holistic obstetrics and gynaecology, ICROSS is building sustainable women’s health. For 15 years
Dr Michael Meegan, Founder
SAFE MOTHERHOOD
A critical part of improving health care is the priorities for safe motherhood. As part f ICROSS’ campaign for advocating for mothers rights, we focus on empowering mothers and involving them in decision making. As part of the millennium goals, we are committed to reducing maternal deaths. Together with our partners, we understand that basic health care alone is not sufficient to improve safe motherhood. Maasai mothers often have their first child at the age of 17yrs. ICROSS seeks to delay marriage and first birth. This campaign has been effective and has attributed to more girls staying in school. Through community based education in the local language, we are encouraging families to delay marriages and first birth until girls complete their education.
Risks in pregnancies: there are many life threatening complications and risks that occur in pregnancy. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest death rate in the world. It is essential that all pregnant women have access to a qualified midwife. They require guidance and support during their pregnancy and after child birth.
Improved delivery: ICROSS is working to establish the most critical intervention of safe motherhood. This is to ensure skilled delivery at birth. ICROSS remains committed to building maternity units in all its clinics Reproductive health services: developed through local culture and language, we continue to provide high quality reproductive health services. These interventions are culturally sensitive and help individuals and communities be empowered by making their own choices. Since Sharon Wilkinson introduced reproductive health education into ICROSS health programmes in 1993, we have continued to provide education and information in homes, villages and clinics.
Prevention of unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion: over 75 million unwanted pregnancies occur every year; mostly in the poor world. Without effective family planning, unsafe abortions can kill and cause permanent harm. By ensuring effective family planning, contraceptive advice and trained counselling, we can greatly reduce risk.
Safe Motherhood Research: for 30 years, ICROSS has studied the impact of its safe motherhood programme. The longest and most significant of these studies took 20 years to complete. This study examined the reduction of no natal tetanus in new born children.
Partnerships in Safe Motherhood: in 2010, ICROSS extended its network of community based organisations, women’s groups and self help societies. Together with a growing number of partners including the ministry of health, we have continued to strengthen our capacity to provide safe motherhood.
CHILD SURVIVAL
Every day, over 30,000 children under 5years die from preventable causes. The vast majority of these deaths cost very little to prevent or treat. With over 30% of Maasai children endemically malnourished, it weakens their ability to fight illness. More than a third of all child deaths are related to malnutrition in the poor world.
The principle causes of infant deaths are neo0natel (37%), pneumonia (19%), diarrhoea (17%), and Malaria (8%). These four causes account for the great majority of preventable deaths. Our child survival programme is based upon effective immunisation, childhood nutrition and essential supplementation. The prevention diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases diarrhoea and malaria.
HYGIENE AND SANITATION
Over half of the poor world (OVER 2.5 BILLION PEOPLE) lack sanitation facilities. Over 1.6 billion do not have safe water to drink. This lack of hygiene and sanitation worsens poverty killing thousands of children every day. In rural schools, millions of girls are denied education because of the absence of private sanitation facilities. The burden of poverty is greatly increased by the lack of access to basic toilets and simple hygiene. ICROSS promotes and supports hand washing, personal cleanliness, health promotion and education.
Among these interventions is child to child, where elder children teach the younger children how to stay safe through washing. ICROSS continues to develop and build pit latrines which are ventilated and clean. It continues to provide sanitary towels to girls and improve access to water. In 2010, we extended our hygiene and sanitation education to more rural schools serving rural communities. With the help of friends and supporters, we have been able to make new commitments to build more latrines for primary schools in 2011
HIV/AIDS AND TUBERCULOSIS
Over 70% of the AIDS victims live in Africa. Africa has less than 6% of the worlds AIDS budget. The leading cause of death in adults in Africa is HIV related followed by Malaria. Both are preventable. In 2010, 2 million Africans became infected with HIV.
According to UNAIDS, 14.8 million children have lost one or both parents because of AIDS. Life expectancy had fallen by over 20 years across the continent. Kenya has one of the highest infection rates in the world; with over 1.5 million people infected (population 34.6 million).
1.2 million Children in Kenya, were orphaned by AIDS and in 2009, 80,000 people died in Kenya from AIDS related disease. HIV prevalence has reduces because of nationwide education and awareness campaigns. Only one in three patients is receiving effective treatment.
The national prevalence has fallen from 13.4 % in 2000 to 6.7% in 2008. ICROSS has been directly involved in a wide range of HIV programmes since 1992. Following the strategic plan 1995 to 2005, ICROSS implemented wide ranging prevention programmes. With AIDS education and family planning strategies, ICROSS extended its work into central and western Kenya. Following long term home care for terminal patients, ICROSS extended its support programmes tripling the number of patients reached between 1996 and 2002.
The comprehensive strategy included:
• increasing third level care facilities in three districts
• creation of comprehensive AIDS resource centres at district level
• Provision of support to over 400 community groups.
• Pioneering in Kenya, home based health care at grass roots level
• Community owned support programmes for AIDS orphans and vulnerable children
• Creation of networks to support carers • Locally developed ways of identifying
children most in need
• Emergency grant program for AIDS orphans
• Anti-retroviral drugs for AIDS orphans infected with HIV
Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection of the lung which is increasingly serious involving easily identifiable symptoms. Tuberculosis has risen sharply with 15 million sufferers at any one time in 2010. TB kills more than 1.6 million people a year (4,400 people every day, 1 person every 20 seconds). 98% of TB deaths occur in poor countries; the vast majority in Africa. Kenya has one of the highest numbers of TB victims in the world with over a third of a million. 28% of adult Tb patients also have HIV.
Since 2002, ICROSS has a specific TB support intervention programme. This programme is primarily focused in three districts; Bondo, Kisii and Nakuru and adopts the Directly Observed Therapy (D.O.T.) as part of the WHO strategy.
MALARIA
Over half of the world’s population is at risk because of Malaria. There are a million deaths caused by malaria every year but mostly in Africa. 20% of all childhood deaths in Africa are caused by Malaria. The average Kenyan child has four episodes of malaria a year. Every 30 seconds, a child dies from malaria. Africa accounts for 91% of deaths. 85% of deaths are in children under 5years old. Kenya is in the top five countries on the planet affected by Malaria; 11.34 million cases a year. Six of the millennium development goals depend on fighting malaria. Disease and death from malaria is preventable and curable.
The groups most vulnerable to malaria are young children, pregnant women, patients with HIV/AIDS. ICROSS maintains a long term strategy of research, public health, prevention, treatment and clinical referral in fighting malaria.
In 2011, we have extended our mosquito net programme over 3,500 nets. Our target in 2011 is to distribute a further 10,000 nets in our project areas. Mosquito eradication and breeding site control increased in 2010. Public health awareness programmes to reduce new cases of malaria increased in all programme areas in 2010.
With the partnership of the ministry of health, intervention programmes will increase throughout the 18 months.
PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH
Building on the effective research of solar disinfection, we have designed new and improved water projects in urban areas based upon the findings of our research team in Nakuru. Together with the Royal College of Surgeons and our network of collaborators, we have been sharing the results of the SODIS studies internationally. ICROSS Was directly involved in bringing SODIS to Cambodia through Care Cambodia.
An important part of our public health research is to share findings and results with other organisations around the world. The purpose of this research is for us to find out the best possible way of making an impact. As a dynamic learning organisation, we are constantly examining what we are doing and finding ways of doing it better.
The research team at ICROSS will be expanding in 2011 as we take on new challenges exploring new areas of public health and disease control. The research team is lead by Dr Michael Meegan with
Illustrative Research Articles and Publications
1. Elmore-Meegan M, Conroy RM, Agala CB. Sex workers in Kenya,
numbers of clients and associated risks: an exploratory survey.
Reprod Health Matters 2004;12(23):50-7.
2. Meegan ME, Conroy RM, Lengeny SO, Renhault K, Nyangole J. Effect
on neonatal tetanus mortality after a culturally-based health
promotion programme. Lancet 2001;358(9282):640-1.
3. Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar
disinfection of drinking water protects against cholera in children
under 6 years of age. Arch Dis Child 2001;85(4):293-5.
4. Meegan M, Morley DC. Growth monitoring: family participation:
effective community development. Trop Doct 1999;29(1):23-7.
5. Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar
disinfection of water reduces diarrhoeal disease: an update. Arch Dis
Child 1999;81(4):337-8.
6. Meegan M, Morley D, Chavasse D. Fly traps. Lancet 1997;349(9055):886.
7. Meegan M, Morley DC, Brown R. Child weighing by the unschooled: a
report of a controlled study of growth monitoring over 12 months of
Maasai children using direct recording scales. Trans R Soc Trop Med
Hyg 1994;88(6):635-7.
8. Conroy RM, Meegan ME. Dwindling donor aid for health programmes in
developing countries. Lancet 1994;343(8907):1228-9.
9. Meegan MK. Rethinking famine relief. Lancet 1992;340(8830):1293-4.
10. Konings E, Anderson RM, Morley D, O'Riordan T, Meegan M. Rates of
sexual partner change among two pastoralist southern Nilotic groups
in east Africa. Aids 1989;3(4):245-7.
11. Meegan M, McCormick J. Prevention of disease in the poor world.
Lancet 1988;2(8603):152-3.
12. Meegan M. Starvation and suffering. Lancet 1983;2(8365-66):1506.
13. Meegan M. The reality of starvation and disease. Lancet 1981;1
(8212):146.
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DEVELOPING ICROSS
Over 30 years ICROSS has learned to be a dynamic listening and learning engine of change. The many publications, studies and works created from our programmes have taught us four things
1. Everythingisindynamicevolution
2. All that we do needs to be a wake to the past, receptive to the present and embracing of the future
3. Humans generally are poor at learning from their experiences in order to inform future choices based on knowledge.
4. The critical contribution of ICROSS lies in the focus and clarity of its public health research
We will continue to build ICROSS international within the context of evidence based planning, long term disease control and the prevention of infectious morbidity in Africa. In 2011, we are committed to the policy of inclusion, local ownership and cultural transparency.
We remain focused on basic primary health care, gradual reduction of poverty and 20 year programmes of community based health. No short term programme has ever demonstrated a long term effect; we continue to advocate for long term strategies in the reduction of starvation and suffering.
PARTNERSHIPS
2010 saw a series of new partnerships develop with ICROSS and another 35 community based organisations collaborated with our field programmes sharing common goals to reduce poverty and suffering. Building on a long history of community ownership and inclusive planning, ICROSS teams established new and exciting links, bringing in radically new perspectives to local development. All planning is done in the local language in keeping with the ICROSS principles.
b. GOVERNANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT
ICROSS is committed to meeting the higher standards of best practice. As part of this commitment, our corporate governance policies have adapted and adopted the British Charity commission protocol requirements, stipulations, recommendations and guidelines regarding operational practice, codes of conduct and evaluation. As part of this international gold standard, ICROSS Kenya requires and demands of all of its partners a minimum of the adherence to the same international stipulations.
Available on our websites, we detail the corporate legislation and constitution that govern the transparency of ICROSS. Passed by Annual General meeting, are requirements that detail provisions and contingencies relating to the management of risk in all situations. T is the policy of ICROSS in Kenya to meet the highest standards of external scrutiny, probity and compliance. It is the policy of ICROSS to have a diligent, independent and external scrutiny of management operations and finance. As part of this commitment, in December 2010, the board of members voted two new Directors detailed at the end of the report. These are specialised in governance and law.
Learn more about ICROSS by visiting their web sites and blog
www.icrossinterational.org
www.icrosskenya.org
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
therese de la Croix
Saturday, January 1, 2011
International Director Founder ICROSS
The Founder and International Director of ICROSS today announced the strategic plan of ICROSS. The updated plan takes into account the Global changes over he last 18 months. ' The strategic direction of our public health programmes focuses as always on Women and childrens health. " Speaking to team leaders today (1st January 2011) Dr Michael Meegan stessed " As the whole world takes account od cut backacks and with the growing needs in all our projects we do need to restructure ICROSS long term planning " In this exercise that has taken 6 months to complete, stakeholders and partners have been closel involved in developing the new strategy.
After all communities and public health teams have shared the new plan with communities we will be sharing the Plan which covers the period 2011 - 2015 , it should be on line by the end of January and available through our sites
the ICROSS information office will be alaso releasing monthly news letters on all ICROSS blogs and sites
www.icrossinternational.org
www.icrosskenya.org
After all communities and public health teams have shared the new plan with communities we will be sharing the Plan which covers the period 2011 - 2015 , it should be on line by the end of January and available through our sites
the ICROSS information office will be alaso releasing monthly news letters on all ICROSS blogs and sites
www.icrossinternational.org
www.icrosskenya.org
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