Afya (aah-fee-yah) Njema (j-ma), which means "Good Health" in Swahili, is a concept which allows the fraternity to deal with a number of “health-related” issues faced by African-Americans and persons of African decent. The program has three main categories: Physical health, Mental health, and Spiritual health. Under the umbrella of the Afya Njema Program, the fraternity will attempt to educate the public on matters which fall under these three categories. The fraternity plans on not just becoming a educational force, but will also endeavor to raise money to aid in the research of various diseases.

The Fraternity plans to also make this an international effort (as the name insists) and will work to build relationships with organizations based in Africa and in other nations which are home to those of African-decent.

The 1^st project undertaken by the Fraternity in conjunction with the Afya Njema Program was the Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Campaign. This campaign was a collaborative effort with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and was the 1^st time a Historic African-American Greek-Letter Organization has nationally co-sponsored a project together with St. Jude.

The Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Campaign kicked off with a National Raffle in May 2002. A portion of the proceeds collected by Iota Phi Theta were donated to St. Jude in at the fraternity’s National Summer Conference in Miami, Florida in August 2002.