Lessons from Ebola considers a range of potential areas for intervention and collaboration, categorised for business & supply chains, education, community-level engagement, awareness raising and policy. The paper concludes with a call to build on what we have learned from past epidemics – “COVID-19 responses must draw from previous experiences of programme planning and international collaboration; firstly to meet the immediate needs for lifesaving public healthcare, and then to cope with the effects of COVID-19 regarding other socio-economic aspects of children’s lives and communities.”