Every year on June 15, World Dengue Day focuses global attention on one of the world's fastest-growing public health threats.
Dengue is a debilitating disease that devastates families and communities and overloads health systems. There is no cure, and so prevention and control are essential.
And the numbers demand urgent global attention:
To mark World Dengue Day 2026, Debug opened its Singapore facility for a tour for Tank Talks Asia, a leading podcast covering technology, innovation, and initiatives shaping the region's future.
The Singapore facility is Debug's first international R&D hub. The facility produces more than 10 million male mosquitoes every week. It is where Google's engineering, AI, and robotics capabilities meet world-class mosquito biology, and where the work to protect communities across Southeast Asia and beyond is currently underway.
Yanni Yoong, who runs the Singapore facility, led the Tank Talks Asia hosts Manisha Tank and Andrew Clark on a full tour, walking them through the entire process, from mosquito breeding and sorting to release.
She then sat down with Manisha to share more about the mission and science behind Debug.
Among the highlights were:
Watch the Tank Talk Asia episode to look into our mission, process, and the science and technology behind Debug, as well as the team's pride in helping change the trajectory of this disease.
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