The phrase "exacerbated the need" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It typically means that something made a situation or problem worse, leading to a greater sense of urgency or necessity. Example: The recent drought has exacerbated the need for more efficient water usage in our community.
Fragmentation of terrestrial landscapes has exacerbated the need to understand the spatial requirements of organisms, especially those that undergo seasonal migrations, such as pond-breeding amphibians.
The conflict in northeastern Nigeria has exacerbated the need for food across Borno, where agriculture has come to a standstill and about 50,000 people are starving, according to the International Crisis Group, an independent, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and resolving conflict.
The diversity crisis has exacerbated the need for information to direct conservation efforts [1].
Limited sample size exacerbated the need for rapid adaptation time by the radiologists with relatively novel images.
The Internet has revolutionized access to scientific information for the average person and at the same time has exacerbated the need to critically evaluate these sources.
This scenario has exacerbated the need for alternative antifungal therapy and search for new and better agents that target fundamental biological processes and/or pathogenic determinants.
Exacerbating the need to more meds and leading to a more sedentary lifestyle.
At the same time, the vast majority of new jobs expected in the Bay Area are expected to be low-wage, exacerbating the need for affordable housing.
There is, meanwhile, always the chance that the administration has low-balled its requests for war funding, thereby exacerbating the need to find cuts elsewhere later on.
The taxonomic structure of knowledge in STEM disciplines exacerbates the need to heed the points spelled out above.
The recession is exacerbating the need for college grads to shelter the cost of living at the Inn of Mom and Dad.
