在太平洋,可预防的不安全水造成的儿童死亡人数正在上升,所罗门群岛每14个五岁以下儿童中就有1个死于腹泻,基里巴斯每10个中就有1个死于腹泻。 Preventable child deaths from unsafe water are rising in the Pacific, with diarrhoea killing one in fourteen under-fives in the Solomon Islands and one in ten in Kiribati.

儿童基金Ns“致命武器”运动显示,可预防的不安全水造成的儿童死亡在太平洋地区很普遍,腹泻导致所罗门群岛每14名五岁以下儿童死亡1名,基里巴斯每10名死亡1名。 ChildFund NZ’s ‘Deadly Weapon’ campaign reveals that preventable child deaths from unsafe water are widespread in the Pacific, with diarrhoea causing one in fourteen deaths under five in the Solomon Islands and one in ten in Kiribati. 只有一小部分学童有清洁饮水,所罗门群岛30%的五岁以下儿童因水污染和营养不良而发育不良。 Only a fraction of schoolchildren have clean water, and 30% of children under five in the Solomon Islands suffer stunting linked to contaminated water and poor nutrition. 该运动利用一个儿童使用水枪的惊人形象,强调重建水泵和与当地伙伴安装海水淡化装置的努力,强调存在成本效益高的解决办法。 The campaign, using a striking image of a child with a water gun, highlights efforts to rebuild water pumps and install desalination units with local partners, stressing that cost-effective solutions exist. 它敦促新西兰人采取行动,强调清洁水的获取仍然是该地区每天的斗争,尽管人们认为国内是理所当然的。 It urges New Zealanders to act, emphasizing that clean water access remains a daily struggle in the region despite being taken for granted at home.