"how to address the problem" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that you are discussing the steps to resolve a given issue. For example: In this report, we will explore how to address the problem of water shortages in urban areas.
Where the opinions divide is how to address the problem.
He urged the government, universities and schools to consider how to address the problem.
Reagan understood how to address the problem, and his signing statement proved prophetic.
Ryan Lizza is pessimistic about the two sides of the aisle reaching an agreement on how to address the problem.
The commission's proposals for how to address the problem come amid a shift in global politics toward rightwing populism.
Still at the New York Fed, Geithner was engaging with Bair over how to address the problem of failing banks, including Wachovia.
What experiments would you conduct to explore how to address the problems experienced in health care today?
He called for a summit meeting in November to determine how to address the problems and to develop greater international regulations of financial markets.
The commission would work with member states to draw up "country specific" programmes on how to address the problems and use the funds.
Rawlings-Blake's perplexity may seem peculiar — aren't mayors supposed to know how to address the problems in their own cities?–but her dilemma may be more understandable than it at first appears.
"Criticism that we charge into countries without understanding the history or the culture or with any serious plans as to how to address the problems of those countries is another input into the need for taking language seriously," said Sir Adam Roberts, senior research fellow in international relations at Oxford University.
