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I was reading a passage about the life of Hideyo Noguchi and found this
phrase. The biography said

> 39ー51歳  
>  黄熱病の研究のため、中・南米に渡り、アフリカにも行く。現地の医師の指導に当たる。

My question is, does that mean that Hideyo taught and instructed the local
physicians in Africa or was he taught by those locals?
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指導に当たる meaning? To teach someone or to be taught by someone
「～～に当{あ}たる」 here means "to be in charge of (a task)", "to take on (a job)",
etc.

Thus, 「現地{げんち}の医師{いし}の指導{しどう}に当たる。」 means:

" ** _He was in charge of training local doctors_**."
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