FUNCCET

FUNCCET

Fundación Canaria para el Control de las Enfermedades Tropicales

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

HealthMedical researchScience & ResearchEducation
Operating foundationFounded 2013International reach
Profile last updated: August 4, 2026

About

Founded in 2013, FUNCCET is a foundation based in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain working on health, medical research, science & research +1 more.

FUNCCET is a non-profit foundation created in 2013 at the Universidad de La Laguna in Tenerife, Canary Islands. It promotes science and research on tropical, emerging and poverty-related diseases, covering prevention, control, diagnosis and public health. Its work includes invasive mosquito surveillance in the Canary Islands, a community vector-control project in Praia, Cape Verde, the CampusÁFRICA training programme, and research cooperation with African countries. Its governing bodies include a board (patronato) and a scientific committee. The foundation is linked to the Instituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias (IUETSPC) and operates from the Universidad de La Laguna campus.

Location

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

Founded

2013

Organisation type

Operating foundation

Legal form

Fundación

Legal name

Fundación Canaria para el Control de las Enfermedades Tropicales

Charity number

305

VAT number

G76601616

Focus areas

tropical diseasesvector controlmosquito surveillancepublic healthresearchAfrica cooperationtraining

Languages

ES

Causes & programmes

Causes

HealthMedical researchScience & ResearchEducation

Works for

CommunitiesPeople in povertyStudents

How they work

ResearchAwareness & educationCapacity buildingCommunity programmes

Programmes

CampusÁFRICA

Science & Research · Spain

Biennial training programme, organised with UNESCO and the Universidad de La Laguna, that promotes science for development and addresses African challenges.

TINTAEDES

Health · Cape Verde

Community project using insecticidal paint to control disease-transmitting mosquitoes inside homes in vulnerable neighbourhoods of Praia.

Vigilancia de mosquitos invasores en Canarias

Health · Spain

Entomological surveillance of invasive disease-vector mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus across the Canary Islands, in cooperation with regional health authorities and island councils.

Countries of operation

SpainCape Verde

Funding & support

Funded by

Government fundingGrants

Ways to support

Corporate partnership

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Universidad de La Laguna, Cabildo de Tenerife, UNESCO, Gobierno de Canarias, Ayuntamiento de La Laguna, Fundación CajaCanarias, Obra Social La Caixa

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