The phrase "ability to stem the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the capacity to stop or control something, often in contexts related to problems or challenges.
Example: "The organization demonstrated its ability to stem the tide of misinformation during the crisis."
Alternatives: "capacity to halt the" or "power to control the".
Its ability to stem the water leaks by the time Tokyo hosts the Olympics in 2020 – as promised by Abe – could be hampered by a looming labour shortage.
And many of the volunteers themselves doubt their own ability to stem the hemorrhaging of goods from the marketplace by policing local stores.
Yet the attacks have badly rattled Egypt's Christians, who account for about one-tenth of the country's 92 million people, and raised urgent questions about Mr. Sisi's ability to stem the violent tide.
The complex nature of conservation programmes inherently results in interdisciplinary responses, and the incorporation of knowledge from the fields of animal behaviour and behavioural ecology may increase our ability to stem the loss of biodiversity in marine environments.
The truth is that China has no choice but to give Obama all the support and cooperation that he needs to succeed because his ability to stem the economic damage will have no less impact on Chinese lives than the work of China's own leaders.
The Wall Street Journal has a good on-scene report from Shai Oster who says, "Wednesday's killing spree is likely to further erode faith in the government's ability to stem the spate of apparent copycat crimes terrorizing schools despite beefed-up security.
For ETFs, is the ability to stem inflows relevant to the small world of actively-managed exchange-traded funds?
The organization has recently been embroiled in a dispute with John Walters, the head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, who questioned the ability of its campaigns to stem the use of illegal drugs.
While investors' confidence in the ability of European leaders to stem the debt crisis has been ebbing by the day, the redesign now under discussion to strengthen the currency's foundations will take months, if not years.
Does expression of AML1-ETO immediately confer such abilities to stem and progenitor cells, in the absence of apparent disease?
The ability to enforce these measures to stem the flow of foreign fighters between Britain to Syria will depend on the enforcement of no-fly lists across Europe.
