The World Health Organisation ( WHO ) will be releasing a report on Friday which is expected to say that the Swachh Bharat-Grameen project of the Narendra Modi government will result in averting over three lakh deaths related to diarrhoea and protein-energy malnutrition between 2014 and October 2019.This is expected to be attributed to the decrease in open-defecation in the country and increase in toilet coverage from just about 45% in 2014 to over 89% presently and nearly 8 crore toilets being constructed in the last four years. WHO has studied the health impact of the Swachh Bharat programme in rural areas where open defecation earlier used to lead to infections and cases of diarrhoea and protein-energy malnutrition.The WHO report is also expected to say that unsafe sanitation caused an estimated 199 million cases of diarrhoea annually before the start of the Swachh Bharat Mission in 2014. These have been gradually reducing, and will almost be eliminated when universal use of safe sanitation facilities is achieved by October 2019, the WHO report could highlight. The report would also point to more than 14 million DALYs (Disability-Adjusted Life Years) estimated to be avoided (diarrhoea and protein-energy malnutrition) between 2014 and October 2019, sources told ET.