Reports by the World Bank in 2016 shows that all the six regions of Nigeria, with the exception of the Northeast, registered a decline in the poverty incidence. A 2014 report reveals that IDPs in Borno state often had only limited access to health services and that this primarily affected women and children. Most health facilities, some of which were deliberately targeted by Boko Haram were closed as of mid-2014 while others were damaged or completely destroyed. Amongst the 7 million affected people in northeast Nigeria, about 1,750,000 are women and girls of childbearing age who need sexual and reproductive health services. Assessments supported by the United Nations indicate that a high proportion of women and girls in north-east Nigeria have suffered different forms of gender-based violence, including sexual violence.

Source: The Guardian February 15, 2019 12:11 UTC