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<p>According to Medical experts, lack of access to healthcare services is a contributing factor to maternal mortality even before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
<p>With the pandemic in the picture, lots of women in the rural communities are finding it difficult to gain access to maternal services due to some certain numbers of reasons.</p><div class="Sq8XMJPA" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>Tofar Leda, is a community of about 30 kilometers away from the city of Kano state in Warawa Local Government Area and one of the major producers of polythene bags in the state.</p>
<p>Nigerian Tracker learns that at the community level Tofar Leda has being able to produce a Chairman for the Local government and prominent political leaders who have contributed a lot to the development of Kano state as a whole.</p>
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<p>Since it came into existence more than 80 years ago, this community is saddened with the fact that it lacks a health facility to cater for the wellbeing of expectant mothers.</p>
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<p>The ward head of Tofar Leda Alhaji Musa Ibrahim said that it is really tough for the members of the community.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have been dealing with this problem for years and it is endangering the lives of my people most especially pregnant women. Imagine having to travel a distance of 30 kilometres to give birth&#8221; he said.</p>
<p><a href="https://nigeriantracker.com/2020/08/28/tofar-ledaa-town-of-100-years-with-no-chemist-and-electricity/">Tofar Leda, a Town of 100 Years With Neither Chemist Nor Electricity</a></p>
<p>&#8220;The issue is more severe than it sounds&#8221; said Mariah Habiba a resident of the community. &#8221; I nearly lost my life during childbirth early this year because of difficulties in getting a means of transportation ,I lost a huge quantity of blood before getting to the hospital after spending about 3hours on the road. It is by God&#8217;s grace that I am still alive today&#8221;.</p>
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<p>Their plights got worst with the heavy weight of the Covid-19 pandemic, as the closest healthcare facility for the women is 10kilometers away from the ward and they have to maneuver their ways through an unadopted road to get there.</p>
<p>&#8220;I went through hours of severe pains before a bike was gotten for me to take me to the general hospital because the Primary healthcare in Warawa is nothing to write home about.</p>
<p>They close early and they don&#8217;t attend to critical situations. After the stress of getting to the main road from here, I had to wait at the roadside to wait for the bike to get fixed due to the deplorable condition of the road, in labour pain I had to cover my face because people were just staring at me&#8221;. Summayya Abba another resident lamented.</p>
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<p>In cases like this, the services of a trained traditional birth attendant mostly ease the situation but in Tofar Leda it is a different case entirely as they only have an untrained traditional birth attendant who is usually sent for after childbirth to cleanse and prepare the baby.</p>
<p>Members of the community said despite their efforts in reaching out to the relevant authorities for years, their story still remains the same as no change has taken effect.</p>
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<p>&#8220;We took our complaints to the Local government Chairman, they promised to come and do something about it, but it&#8217;s been 3years now and nothing has happened&#8221; said Alhaji Musa Ibrahim .</p>
<p>Doctor Muktar Gadanya an associate professor at Bayero University Kano and a Consultant Public Health Physician at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital said that a health facility is not supposed to exceed a distance of 5kilometres, as geographical access is a contributing factor to the increasing numbers of maternal and child deaths.</p>
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<p>Attempts to have an audience with the Chairman of the Local Government Area, Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi Danlasan on the issue of Tofar Leda proved abortive.</p>
<p>However, there is still hope for the women of Tofar Leda as the Executive Secretary Kano State Healthcare Management Board, Dr. Tijjani Hussaini said that the board is carrying out a continuous community outreach program to render quality maternal services to expectant mothers and Tofar Leda is not excluded.</p>
<p>Residents of Tofar Leda are hopeful that this time their cries for help is going to bring about developmental changes in the community.</p>
<p>This article is part of Covid-19 Response: Together for Reliable Information project implemented by PAGED Initiative supported by the EU &; FreePress Unlimited.</p>
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