The organisation was formally established in Kenya, East Africa with the support of the Irish priests Paul Cunningham and John Hughes, both C.S.Sp.
The Board of Directors includes: Sally Mukwana, Dr Allan Soita, Dr. Ngwiri Ndwaru, P. NgaNga, Edwin Chege, LLB, with Dr. E. Sequeira, Emeritus Chairman, Ex Officio Dr Elmore-Meegan.
ICROSS is as an International development NGO, registered under the Kenyan NGO act and regulated by the Kenyan Government, with a focus in the field of health, with key international lectures including the Red Future shocks lecture.
ICROSS has most recently lectured at International conferences in the Nordic countries, Cambodia and Nepal.
[1] ICROSS stresses traditional tribal values, building development programmes through the existing decision systems and creating locally driven agendas.
[3] ICROSS and its Founders have received widespread recognition for their work, especially in long term public health and creating lasting community development programmes.
[citation needed] In 2013 ICROSS extended its programmes internationally building on over three decades of disease control experience.
[citation needed] In May 2013 it extended its localisation strategy and began a radical low cost innovation plan with local tribal communities.
In Fall 2014 ICROSS launched its radical Strategic plan 2015–20 that has seen dynamic changes in its Global direction.
[citation needed] The International Director Dr ([Michael Elmore-Meegan]), a specialist in International health, has supervised the Public health Research programme publishing in major Peer review journals since 1983.
ICROSS Published Articles Conroy, Ronan M.; Ligondo, Sophie; Hennessy, James; Elmore-Meegan, Michael; Soita, Allan; McGuigan, Kevin G. (2011).
"Randomized Intervention Study of Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water in the Prevention of Dysentery in Kenyan Children Aged under 5 Years".
"Sex workers in Kenya, numbers of clients and associated risks: an exploratory survey".
Elmore-Meegan, Michael; Conroy, Ronán M.; Lengeny, Sarune Ole; Renhaul, Kate; Nyangole, J (2001).
"Effect on neonatal tetanus mortality after a culturally-based health promotion programme".
Conroy, Ronán M.; Elmore-Meegan, Michael; Joyce, Tina M.; McGuigan, Kevin G.; Barnes, Joseph (2001).
"Solar disinfection of drinking water protects against cholera in children under 6 years of age".
Conroy, Ronán M.; Elmore-Meegan, Michael; Joyce, Tina M.; McGuigan, Kevin G.; Barnes, Joseph (1999).
McGuigan, Kevin G.; Joyce, Tina M.; Conroy, Ronán M.; Gillespie, J.B.; Elmore-Meegan, Michael (1998).
"Solar disinfection of drinking water contained in transparent plastic bottles: characterizing the bacterial inactivation process".
Conroy, Ronán M.; Elmore-Meegan, Michael; Joyce, Tina M.; McGuigan, Kevin G.; Barnes, Joseph (1996).
"Solar disinfection of drinking water and diarrhoea in Maasai children: a controlled field trial".
"Child weighing by the unschooled: a report of a controlled study of growth monitoring over 12 months of Maasai children using direct recording scales".
"Rates of sexual partner change among two pastoralist southern Nilotic groups in east Africa".
Doubts were expressed about ICROSS Ireland financial accountability, resulting in an inquiry about how Irish Aid's money was being allocated.
[4] Meegan personally instituted court proceedings in Ireland, winning the last one in November 2012.
[5] ICROSS Kenya, the main Organisation remains fully compliant with the Kenyan Government NGO regulators (including and up to March 2017).
[citation needed] In July 2019, ICROSS extended its Results based Management programmes and launched its new Awareness strategy as part of the new Five year Strategic plan 2020 - 2024 available on http://www.icrossinternational.org/