全國手機用戶多過“廁所用戶”！

A new United Nations study has found that more people around the world have access to a cell-phone than to a toilet.

The study’s numbers claim that of the world’s estimated 7 billion people， 6 billion have access to mobile phones. However， only 4.5 billion have access to a toilet.

At a press conference announcing the report， U.N. Deputy Secretary—General Jan Eliasson announced the organization is launching an effort to halve the number of those without access by the end of 2015.

“Let’s face it. This is a problem that people do not like to talk about. But it goes to the heart of ensuring good health， a clean environment and fundamental human dignity for billions of people，” Eliasson said at the press conference.

Interestingly， the report states that India alone is responsible for 60 percent of the world’s population that does not use a toilet， an estimated 626 million individuals. Yet， at the same time， there are an estimated 1 billion cell phones in India.

Conversely， in the world’s most highly populated country， China， only 14 million people do not have access to a toilet. However， there are also fewer cell phones in China， 986 million， according to the Daily Mail.

Driving the point home， more than 750，000 people die each year from diarrhea and one of its primary causes is from unsanitary conditions created in communities without access to toilets.

“This can also improve the safety of women and girls， who are often targeted when they are alone outdoors，” said Martin Mogwanja， deputy executive director of the U.N. Children’s Fund. “And providing safe and private toilets may also help girls to stay in school， which we know can increase their future earnings and help break the cycle of poverty.”

聯合國最新的一項調查研究顯示，全球范圍內擁有手機的人要比擁有廁所的人多。

根據該研究的數據顯示，目前在全球約70億人中，有60億人有條件使用手機，而只有大約45億人有條件使用廁所。

聯合國副秘書長揚·埃利亞松在一次新聞發布會上宣布了這項報告，他表示聯合國正在發起一項活動，計劃到2015年年底，將沒有條件使用廁所的人數減少一半。

埃利亞松在發布會上表示：“我們需要面對這個事實，如廁問題可能是人們不太愿意談論的問題，但這卻是保證人們身體健康、保護環境和十幾億人基本的人類尊嚴的核心問題。”

有趣的是，該報告顯示，印度占到了全球無法使用廁所人數的60%，估計約有6.26億人；而與此同時，印度國內使用的手機數量估計達10億部。

中國的情況與之相反。雖然中國是世界上人口最稠密的國家，但根據英國《每日郵報》的數據，在中國只有1400萬人沒條件使用廁所。中國擁有的手機數量約為9.86億部，少于印度的數量。

還有更多的數據說明這個問題。全球每年有超過75萬人死于痢疾，其中大多是因為沒有條件使用廁所，衛生條件無法保證。

聯合國兒童基金會的副總干事馬丁·莫格萬加表示：“廁所還能增強婦女兒童的安全，獨自在戶外活動的婦女兒童通常會是遭遇襲擊的對象。提供安全、私人的廁所也可以幫助女孩子們待在學校接受更好的教育，這樣能夠增加她們未來的收入，幫助打破貧窮的惡性循環。”