Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian armed forces in the northeast of the country. MSF has been working in Maiduguri in Borno state since August 2014. The organisation is currently managing 11 medical facilities in six towns in Borno (Maiduguri, Ngala, Monguno, Gwoza, Pulka and Banisheikh) and regularly visits another five towns: Bama, Banki, Dikwa, Damasak and Rann.
Joan Tubau is the General Director of MSF Spain. He has just returned from visiting the organisation's projects in northeastern Nigeria. Here he analyses some of the consequences of the conflict on the civilian population.