Mohamed Belhocine (Arabic: محمد بلحسين; born 9 April 1951 in Tizi Ouzou) is an Algerian medical scientist and professor of internal medicine and epidemiology.

[7] In addition to his course in internal medicine, Belhocine enrolled in 1983-84 and 1986 at the University of Paris VI to study, from a distance, statistics applied to clinical research, followed by epidemiology.

[citation needed] In September 1994, he joined the Ministry of Health, Population, and Hospital Reform as Director of Planning, a position he held until July 1996.

[23][24] These vaccination campaigns benefited from the establishment of a transparent, efficient mechanism for using donor funds for polio eradication operations.

[25][26] Belhocine supported the preparation of a national response plan for the health sector in the event of an influenza A virus subtype H5N1 epidemic.

[27][28] When an avian influenza epidemic broke out in poultry in Nigeria, he chaired the steering committee that coordinated United Nations assistance in the government response.

[35] It supported the response to the Rift Valley fever epidemic both through the MSBS and the joint United Nations team, in close collaboration with other partners such as Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

[41] In January 2011 (marked by the Tunisian revolution), he initiated a revision of the United Nations cooperation strategy to adjust the actions of the specialized agencies to the new transitional situation, in light of the country's political and social evolution.

[44][failed verification] Since 2013, Belhocine has been called upon occasionally for national and international consultations in the field of public health and development.

[47][48] Belhocine, among others, was recruited again by the WHO from June 2015 until February 2016 to revitalize the local actions of the WHO in the context of fighting the Ebola virus epidemic.

[62][63][64][65] Belhocine was installed on Wednesday, 10 June 2020 as the president of the operational unit responsible for monitoring epidemiological investigations as part of the measures taken by public authorities to face the risks of the spread of COVID-19 in Algeria.