"lessen the problems" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to reduce or make problems smaller. Example: Implementing stricter safety measures can help lessen the problems caused by workplace accidents.
If the goal is to lessen the problems caused when a huge population lives outside the law, while protecting civil rights and public safety, then California — home to an estimated 2.5 million undocumented immigrants — is setting a good example.
He said some good suggestions were raised at the meeting to lessen the problems, including holding the parade during the day (Halloween is a Saturday this year) or extending the parade route.
Most importantly, government needs to stimulate wage growth, as this will lessen the problems of student loan debt much more effectively than will the creation of new legislation to forgive debt or the creation of new bureaucracies for monitoring colleges.
Over the past 40 years, art supply manufacturers have focused most of their attention on producing products that are safer for artists - less lead (because of the association with neurological disorders) in white paint, for instance, or moving away from oil-based to water-soluble materials (in order to lessen the problems of fumes that may damage lungs, the liver and the central nervous system).
If you know your choice can lead to something going wrong, plan ahead to lessen the problems in the future.
The fact that 97% of the group in question don't have a particular problem doesn't lessen the problem for those who do.
She says HMRC has made efforts to lessen the problem but ultimately it's bound by the framework of the EU.
One set of experiments from Google's DeepMind group suggests that what researchers are terming "learning to learn" could also help lessen the problem of machine-learning software needing to consume vast amounts of data on a specific task in order to perform it well.
Rosberg said the indications from practice in Hungary were that the new design of tyre that has been introduced for this race was going to lessen the problem.
Well, if you're anything like the rest of us, chances are that as soon as you sense that your efforts are beginning to lessen the problem, your motivation to solve the problem altogether dissipates.
The selection of distance between the borings and CPT holes involved two opposing desires; to minimize the effects of soil failure zones and to lessen the problem of non-homogeneity of tested soil.
