The strategy recommendations for water supply and sanitation in Africa were prepared by the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project in response to a funded request from the AID Africa Bureau. The activity is intended to assist the Africa Bureau and the Office of Housing and Urban Programs in developing an overall strategy for water supply and sanitation interventions and in setting priorities for sector funding in the region. the approach used involved two basic steps. First, WASH staff prepared sector profiles of 20 African countries where GLD is active. Each profile contained recommendations for AID action. Second, a set of basic strategy recommendations were developed. This document presents those strategy recommendations; the country profiles are included in a separate document entitled "Water and Sanitation Sector Profiles of Twenty AfricanCountries."