In rural India, stroke due to high blood pressure has become one of the main causes of death. However, there aren't many well-proven healthcare strategies to lower stroke mortality in rural areas with little resources. Blood pressure monitoring is now absolutely necessary, especially for the villagers, who should be informed and given the option to have it done at their doorstep. In this article a technology intervention based solution to deal with this nationwide exigent problem is proposed by means of the intervention of low cost technology. It is described how the current technology and data collecting methodology have changed. Also discussed is the strategies for solving the issue related with hypertension

Rural India , Cardiovascular diseases, Hypertension, Stroke, Early detection, Premature mortality, Technology intervention