Technical orientation is given by a technical committee, composed mainly of specialist physicians.
The fund also benefits from a tax exemption for drug imports. Initially the idea was to create a public fund directed by the MOH's National AIDS Programme, but this required the enforcement of a Senate law, which would have delayed the whole process. Its bargaining position is strengthened by the fact that the pharmaceutical companies know these drugs are destined for poor people who would not otherwise buy them . The fund has three categories of prices, all of which are lower than the regular price of antiretrovirals in the market. The highest price is acquisition price plus 12 per cent.