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The term global as applied to humandevelopment emerged in the 1960s at the time of the green revolution,when the World Bank advocated the need to "think globally, actlocally." The terms global, international, and intergovernmentalhave different roots and translate differently in policy; institutionalfunctions; and level of analysis, action, and accountability.They are not mutually exclusive. While the term internationalhas framed much of the work in health across countries overthe past decades, the term global has become more politicallyviable in that it elevates the vision of health to the wholeplanet, moving beyond geopolitical . . . [Full Text]