Putin discussed with Archpriest Tkachenko the work of the Circle of Goodness Foundation helping children

On the eve of the International Children's Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Archpriest Alexander Tkachenko, head of the Circle of Goodness Foundation, and they discussed the foundation's work to help children with serious illnesses. This was announced on May 30 by the Kremlin's press service.

Tkachenko thanked the head of state for his attention to the activities of the foundation, which is preparing to celebrate the fifth anniversary of its work. He noted that the organization is currently analyzing the results of what has been done and making plans for the future.

"We can say with confidence that the fund has become such an effective tool in addition to the state guarantee program. And the Russian Federation has taken a leading place in the world in terms of the availability of orphan drugs for patients with serious illnesses," the head of the foundation told the president.

According to Tkachenko, the foundation has contributed to the treatment and active life expectancy of children who return not just to life, but to a life that brings joy.

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State Duma Deputy, President of the Dmitry Rogachev National Research Medical Center for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Rumyantsev told the Izvestia News Center on March 25 that technologies for the treatment and diagnosis of orphan (rare) diseases are rapidly developing in the Russian Federation. The expert recalled that neonatal screening of newborns is carried out for the third year. In two years, more than 600 patients have been diagnosed at the genetic level. Some of them came under the control of the financing of the Circle of Goodness Foundation.

The Circle of Goodness Foundation was established on January 5, 2021 by decree of the President of the Russian Federation to support children with severe life-threatening and chronic diseases.